Purple Hues

1- Tell us something about yourself. Describe yourself in three words. Procrastinator. Dreamer. Thinker. 2- Tell us about your Poem ? How did you get the idea for it? What  is it about? Actually, Four of my poems are selected in this beautiful anthology and all  of them are different. I’ve been a  loner since my childhood and this society sees us introverts as an  salien. This has been  reflected in my poem “Handshakes and Horrors” “The Promise” is a poem I wrote when I was leaving home the first time for  my job. It discusses the promise one should keep in his/her place of  origin. “Roots” also touches the same topic and more. 3- Tell us about your Relationship with your Parents ? Share an  incident from your Life where you felt deep gratitude towards your  family . My relationship with my parents is mostly smooth with a few ups and  downs here and there. After all life without a few (Mis)adventures is boring,  ain’t it? But...

1- Tell us something about yourself. Describe yourself in three words. Well, it has been a year since I have completed B.Tech in Computer Science. I got placed in Infosys but had to resign due to the medical emergency. Still recovering and trying to stand on my own feet financially as well Writing is the only passionate hobby that I have. I started writing poetry pieces back in school days. It was only during the final year of my college, my poems got printed in several anthologies. Presently I concentrate more on short stories. Three Words Are - Dreamer Of Reality. 2- Tell us about your Poem? How did you get the idea for it? What is it about? The first poem “A Circular Table” portraits that the relationship between children and their parents is circular in nature. It is your parents who brought you up and took care of you and during the last phase of their lives, it is you who gets the opportunity to do the same for them. I am sure readers are going to like it. The second poem “P...

1- Tell us something about yourself. Describe yourself in three words. I am Simran Arora, a 17 years old Indian poet. My poems have been published in 'MELANGE' alongside Ruskin Bond, Vikram Seth, and other acclaimed Indian poets; Hindustan Times; Hans India - Hyderabad's Sunday Magazine; Different Truths- an online web magazine amongst other online portals. I have also received Poises Award for Poetic Excellence for the year 2016 for securing the 5th position in the 5th Rabindranath Tagore International Award. I have also won 'Conquering Self-Doubt' - Poetry Contest which was a part of ‘The Quest for Empowerment’ event as well as the Poetry Prize of India by the World Union of Poets. Three words that would describe me will be: Diligent, Confident, Jovial 2- Tell us about your Poem ? How did you get the idea for it? What is it about? The first poem 'Mother's Caress' was written a few years ago on my mother's birthday recalling the solace found in h...

1- Tell us something about yourself. Describe yourself in three words. Caring, considerate and creative 2- Tell us about your Poem ? How did you get the idea for it? What is it about? My poems are about my relationship with my parents and the one and only elixir of my life my only son…..Skand .This anthology contains three of my poems. The idea of my first poem which is of my dynamic father comes from his sacrifices and service he did for his entire family. Being the eldest son of his family he worked tirelessly since he was 21 for a better future of his younger siblings and family. Not only this in age of hardcore male chauvinists he paid same respect and love for his in-laws and wife’s siblings.  These unique traits in my father compelled me to write a poem on him as a gift for his birthday. Second poem is from my mother whose generoisity at times irks me. She is so generous that she never thinks about herself if anyone asks her for something or she herself feels that the o...

1- Tell us something about yourself. Describe yourself in three words. At the very inception, I would like to convey my gratitude to Sanmati Publishers for having me in their world. “Work until you no longer have to introduce yourself.” I feel that I have just initiated my voyage and would love to protract my creative edge always. I am an academician by profession and am an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Application at JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, West Bengal. I am presently engaged with the submission of my Ph.D. thesis at the University of Kalyani. I completed my MCA from JIS College of Engineering and am an alumni of Don Bosco. I hail from a family of academicians and creative persona and am blessed to inherit the inspired excellence of my Mother. I have authored more than 60 research articles/papers in refereed National/International Conferences/Journals. I have been associated as Program Committee Member/Reviewer for 45 National/International Conferences ...

1- Tell us something about yourself. Describe yourself in three words. - An Emotional Person. 2- Tell us about your Poem ? How did you get the idea for it? What is it about? -The poems I've written for the anthology are mostly centred on the bond of a mother and her child; the element of time hovers over each of the poems, as the mother-child bond is explored through the transitions it goes through and also through comparisons of its state in the present to that in the past. The bond that I have with my son, and the experiences we've had have been the inspiration for these poems. 3- Tell us about your  journey as a Writer. I started writing poetry since 1994 in the pseudonyms of my students, later I started publishing my poetry in the National Daily 4- What do you do when you are not writing? I love shopping and reading books 5- Who are your favorite authors/ writers?  RN Tagore, Pablo ,Neruda, Kamala Das, WB Yeats,Gabriel Garcia M...

1- Tell us something about yourself. Describe yourself in three words. I am Farah Siddiqui, a Ph.D. holder in English from the University of Allahabad. I belong to Allahabad, but currently am residing in Ireland. Composing poetry is a passion for me. I love to write my emotions on a piece of papers. Am more concern about the society and the relationship on which the people bind themselves, whether it's parents - child relationships, love relationships or the relationships that we have with the other section of the society that is outcasted. l have special feelings for the oppressed, that can be seen in many of my poems. Loving, Honest, Elegant 2- Tell us about your Poem ? How did you get the idea for it? What is it about? My Poem "Mother, the Other God" is a tribute to my Parents. How parents took much pain while raising their children, how they taught us valuable lessons of life, that's helping till now and will throughout is clearly shown in my poem. This poem of ...