Words, Horizons, Journeys, Epiphanies... A reservoir of the past, a celebration of the everyday, a harbinger of things to come... Perhaps most pointedly, the pursuit of a little thing called Bliss. From the pen and persistently frayed suitcase of Poet/ Novelist Siddharth Dasgupta.
“Dancing in the intoxications of a secular light.” Profile & Review by Selma Carvalho of Joao-Roque Literary Journal.
Siddharth’s fourth book, and second collection of poetry—A Moveable East—has arrived, via the fierce independent publisher Red River } Gathering the lands we traverse and the bodies we inhabit, spanning fifty-five pieces, A Moveable East explores the sense of an itinerant heartbeat via seven fragments—Hunger, Flame, Sorrow, Melody, Desire, Horizons, and Home.
Dancing across Paris, Poona, Bombay, Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi, Calcutta, and such. Wedded to the beat your heart skips. Inflicted with desire and disbelief... A Moveable East
“Poetry and impermanence have a time-honoured relationship.” Interview with Bengaluru Review.
