Comments on: In the spirit of the season http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/ Delurking Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rahul http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1067 Rahul Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:46:50 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1067 Yes I remember seeing a recent ghazal. I don't think I've read the villanelles, and I probably didn't recognise the other forms :) Yes I remember seeing a recent ghazal. I don’t think I’ve read the villanelles, and I probably didn’t recognise the other forms :)

]]> By: Anindita http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1065 Anindita Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:08:17 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1065 @Rahul: I find the sonnet very intimidating and have not yet written one that I'm happy with. I've written other forms like sestinas, ghazals, villanelles, pantoums and a shadorma. I do enjoy writing in form... @Rahul: I find the sonnet very intimidating and have not yet written one that I’m happy with. I’ve written other forms like sestinas, ghazals, villanelles, pantoums and a shadorma. I do enjoy writing in form…

]]> By: Rahul http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1063 Rahul Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:42:02 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1063 Received the Karthika Nair book, and dipped in a bit. Excellent stuff mostly -- as you say she writes with form and structure. It's nice to read sonnets and villanelles by a modern Indian writer, but even the freer poems have an interesting structure that is clearly well thought out. But I find her habit of throwing in obscure words like "grapnel", "contrail", "soughing", "yestreen" etc (there are a few in nearly every poem I've seen so far) disconcerting and perhaps a bit pretentious... Your own stuff tends to be more structured than most modern Indian poets, but I haven't seen established forms like sonnets from you -- are there any? Received the Karthika Nair book, and dipped in a bit. Excellent stuff mostly — as you say she writes with form and structure. It’s nice to read sonnets and villanelles by a modern Indian writer, but even the freer poems have an interesting structure that is clearly well thought out. But I find her habit of throwing in obscure words like “grapnel”, “contrail”, “soughing”, “yestreen” etc (there are a few in nearly every poem I’ve seen so far) disconcerting and perhaps a bit pretentious…

Your own stuff tends to be more structured than most modern Indian poets, but I haven’t seen established forms like sonnets from you — are there any?

]]> By: Anindita http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1062 Anindita Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:12:49 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1062 @Rahul: Plan to do that often. @Rahul: Plan to do that often.

]]> By: Rahul http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1058 Rahul Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:58:54 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1058 Thanks - just ordered it. Well, if Canterbury is inadequate, go to London -- probably an hour or so away, and you'll get <i>anything</i> there :) Thanks – just ordered it. Well, if Canterbury is inadequate, go to London — probably an hour or so away, and you’ll get anything there :)

]]> By: Anindita http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1057 Anindita Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:27:12 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1057 @Tammy: I quite like it myself. :) I hadn't realised it was so varied until I actually wrote this post. @Rahul: Yeah, I know...but will I get specific kinds of Kolkata chaat and Andhra chicken fry and Bengali malai curry. I doubt it. People tend to use 'Indian food' as such a catch-all term which is a bit strange because it's really some 20 different cuisines, isn't it? Karthika's book - buy it! I like many of the poems quite a bit and she's one of the few in this gen of Indian English poets with such a good grasp of form. @Liesl: :) You belong on any such list. And you're welcome. I've been showing your book to friends here. @Tammy: I quite like it myself. :) I hadn’t realised it was so varied until I actually wrote this post.

@Rahul: Yeah, I know…but will I get specific kinds of Kolkata chaat and Andhra chicken fry and Bengali malai curry. I doubt it. People tend to use ‘Indian food’ as such a catch-all term which is a bit strange because it’s really some 20 different cuisines, isn’t it? Karthika’s book – buy it! I like many of the poems quite a bit and she’s one of the few in this gen of Indian English poets with such a good grasp of form.

@Liesl: :) You belong on any such list. And you’re welcome. I’ve been showing your book to friends here.

]]> By: Liesl http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1056 Liesl Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:30:52 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1056 Have to say I heart being on the same list as Neruda, Heaney, Atwood and Serote! Thanks, dear heart. Much appreciated. Have to say I heart being on the same list as Neruda, Heaney, Atwood and Serote!

Thanks, dear heart.

Much appreciated.

]]> By: Rahul http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1055 Rahul Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:08:01 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1055 Have fun at Canterbury! I haven't been there but the places I've been in the UK had no shortage of Indian food -- an ancient-looking rustic pub in Wales offered "chicken tikka masala pizza" on their menu. (I didn't try it.) Also, other Asian food can be much more spicy, if you like that kind of thing. I just came across some poems of Karthika Nair online recently, and liked them. Review of book please? Have fun at Canterbury! I haven’t been there but the places I’ve been in the UK had no shortage of Indian food — an ancient-looking rustic pub in Wales offered “chicken tikka masala pizza” on their menu. (I didn’t try it.) Also, other Asian food can be much more spicy, if you like that kind of thing. I just came across some poems of Karthika Nair online recently, and liked them. Review of book please?

]]> By: t http://aninditasengupta.com/2009/12/in-the-spirit-of-the-season/#comment-1052 t Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:57:08 +0000 http://aninditasengupta.com/?p=1880#comment-1052 A great list of books - I am jealous! A great list of books – I am jealous!

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