Purnendu Pattrea
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Conversations 3.1: Purnendu Pattrea
Not today, but for a long time now, Calcutta’s phones Have sworn not to allow anything…
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Three Poems: Purnendu Pattrea
1 That’s how miracles happen Suddenly an ordinary seashell cracks open Blinding white moonlight flashes inside…
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‘Who’s your friend? Is it a sigh?’: Purnendu Pattrea
Who’s your friend? Is it a sigh? Mine too My emptiness can’t be measured Yours too?…
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Two Poems: Purnendu Pattrea
The Letters The letters came together Yours and the income-tax one Both contained demands Down to…
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Conversations Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8: by Purnendu Pattrea
No. 5 I am the tree you travel by You are my roadside inn Suddenly the…
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Conversations Nos 2 and 17: Purnendu Pattrea
Conversation #2 What’s the matter? Why the furrowed brow? Has there been a burglary? Tell me…
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Only With You: Purnendu Pattrea
My hourly battles are only with you Only with you is my truce It is to…