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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

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Lahore, Pakistan

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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in Lahore in 1947. He has published six collections of poetry in English and two of translation — a volume of Prakrit love poems, The Absent Traveller, recently reissued in Penguin Classics, and Songs of Kabir (NYRB Classics). His Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992) has been very influential. He has edited several books, including History of Indian Literature in English (Columbia University Press, 2003) and Collected Poems in English by Arun Kolatkar (Bloodaxe Books, 2010). His collection of essays Partial Recall: Essays on Literature and Literary History was published by Permanent Black in 2012. A second book of essays, Translating the Indian Past (Permanent Black), appeared in 2019. ...more

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	The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala 4.17 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Songs of Kabir 3.97 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Poems 1969-2014 4.21 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essential Kabir 4.03 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Concise History of Indian Literature in English 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Bungalow: Writings on Allahabad 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Indian Essays: Two Hundred Years Of English Prose 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Partial Recall: Essays on Literature and Literary History 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Indian Literature in English 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Though the wide world’s filled With beautiful women, Her left side compares Only with her right.”
― Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala

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“With trembling eyes, Like a caged bird, From behind the picket-fence, She watched you go.”
― Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala

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“While the bhikshu Views her navel And she His handsome face, Crows lick clean Both ladle and alms bowl.”
― Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala

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