Issue 23, Jan-Feb 2009 


Feature: Writings of Indian Diaspora




“Sarod Player from Ragamala series. Graphic Art by Biman Mullick, UK.”

Credit for images:
London based Biman Mullick very generously sent a large collection of his graphic art from his “Ragamala” series depicting Indian musicians and musical instruments, rendered by him over a span of 4 decades.

US based artist Siona Benjamin allowed us to use her paintings from “Gathering Sparks” series. Visit her site www.artsiona.com

We have also used illustration by Canada based teenager Mimi Chakrabarty and photograph by US based teenager Nirantha Balagopal.



The US Diaspora
Editorial Comment: Usha Akella

Poetry
Akella, Usha
Alexander, Meena
Ali, Kazim
Das, Nabina
Datta, Goutam
Gunetilleke, Ro
Misra, Bijoy
Nazareth, Ralph
Parmasad, Sasha
Patel, Soham
Peeradina, Saleem
Ravi Shankar
Singh, Rajarshi
Sundaralingam, Pireeni
Vazirani, Reetika
Venkateswaran, Pramila

Fiction/Prose
Bandlamudi, Lakshmi
Datta, Goutam
Devineni, Ram
Goyal, Sat Paul
Nidadavolu, Malathi
Sawhney, Hirsh
Sudha Balagopal
Singh, Rajarshi

Other Countries:

Poetry
Acharya, Shanta
Bhattacharjee, Rathin
Biswas, Rumjhum
Cahill, Michelle
Chakrabarty, Mimi
Chakrabarty, Moushumi
Framroze, Homi
Kishore, Usha
Shankaran, Narayanan
Singh, Durlabh
Trivedi, Bharat

Fiction/Prose
Aisola, Priti
Biswas, Rumjhum
Murali, Sharada