Maitreyee B. Chowdhury review A Movable East by Siddharth...
Maitreyee B. Chowdhury review A Movable East by Siddharth Dasgupta in the November 2021 issue of The Bangalore Review.
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“Poet Siddhardha Dasgupta’s book A Movable East (Red River, 2021) is a revelation. The book picks up slowly, even tentatively and turns into one of the most assured Anglophone voices, one might read today. The poet is many people and many voices, in the many cities he inhabits, from Paris, to Calcutta, Pune and Istanbul- he brings home for the readers colours, smells and the distinct taste of each place. Sometimes the casual flaneur strolling into an Iranian café-Old Irani bentwood furniture beckons stories, in much the same way oceans summon rush... at others, his words bring alive the unique curiosity for food and its sense of home that provides a sense of comfort.
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