Arundhathi Subramaniam
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Arundhathi Subramaniam is a poet and writer based in Mumbai. She has published two collections of poetry: On Cleaning Bookshelves (Allied, 2001) and Where I Live (Allied, 2005), is the author of a prose study, The Book of Buddha (Penguin, 2005), and was co-editor of Confronting Love (Penguin, 2005), an anthology of contemporary Indian love poetry in English. Translated into Hindi, Tamil, Italian and Spanish, her poetry has been widely anthologised. She was awarded the Charles Wallace Fellowship at the
and the taste of coffee one day in Lucca
suddenly awakening an old prescription –
Peabury, Plantation A
and fifty grams of chicory
from the fragrant shop near the Kapaleeshwara temple.
. . . the musky torsos
of football stars, ancient Egypt and Jacques Cousteau’s
lurching empires of the sea, bazaars
in Mughal India, the sacred plunge
into a Cadbury’s Five Star bar, Kanchenjanga,. . .
Poetry
Where I Live, Allied, Mumbai, 2005; ISBN: 81-7764-738-5
On Cleaning Bookshelves, Allied, Mumbai, 2001; ISBN: 81-7764-176-X
(Co-editor) Confronting Love, Penguin India, Delhi, 2005, ISBN: 0-14-303264-X, an anthology of contemporary Indian love poetry in English.
Non-fiction
The Book of Buddha, Penguin India (Viking), Delhi, 2005, ISBN: 9780670058358
Links
Poetry International Web: Arundhathi Subramaniam talks to Jules Mann about poetry, habitat, threshold politics, grace and a city that’s a part of her DNA.
Poetry International Web: Hear Arundhathi read her poem, ‘To The Welsh Critic who Doesn\'t Find me Identifiably Indian’
Open Space India: Seven poems by Arundhathi Subramaniam.
Kavitayan: Two poems by Arundhathi Subramaniam.
Culturebase: Profile of Arundhathi Subramaniam by Miriam Gamble.
The Hindu: Arundhathi Subramaniam on “The question of Indianness”
Sawnet: Arundhathi Subramaniam on “Why on earth would an Indian choose to write English poetry?”
Life Positive: Arundhathi Subramaniam talks to Chintan Girish Modi on her mutually enriching relationship with feminism, spirituality and poetry.