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    Vaikunt
    Vaikunt
    Vaikunt
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    Vaikunt

    By Hoshang Merchant

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    Hoshang Merchant is one of the leading poets in India today. A writer capable of transforming the way we conceive of poetry, this short collection will give you a taste of the variety of topics he covers ruminations on death and homosexual love, reflections on the art of writing, to spaces where the everyday turns into the extraordinary. Flitting between cultures, countries, homes and beds, these poems will captivate you with their magic.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCollins India
    Release dateAug 5, 2015
    ISBN9789351368113
    Vaikunt
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    Hoshang Merchant

    Hoshang Merchant has been writing poetry exclusively in English since 1965. He first published in 1989 when he had a desk at the University of Hyderabad with Writer's Workshop. He is an Indian poet deeply rooted in his family traditions while at the same time expressing the glory and pain of being a pioneering gay poet in India.

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