Selections from the Saptaks

Language: EnglishPages: 212 About the bookThe Present Collection of Poems is drawn from the Tar saptaks, the series of four anthologies of contemporary poetry edited by Satchidanad Vatsyanan. The Tar Saptaks is a landmark in the field of literature for it brings together some of the best Hindi poetry written in the last half century. It covers twenty-eight brilliant poets, seven poets on each volume of the saptaks and thus so called by this name. It begins with the work of Gajanan Muktibodh and rounds off with selections from contemporary poet Rajendra Kishore. Poetry aficionados will benefit tremendously not just from the quality of the verses, but also responsive sensibility of the poets and their experimentation with verse forms. About the authorBorn in 1930,s.c. Narula studied Physics and Astronomy for his graduation at Government College, Ludhiana, but switched to English Literature for post-graduation and then later got his doctorate in the same from