Shiva in Manhattan and other poems

Shiva in Manhattan is the first book of English Poems by Haraprasad Das, a leading contemporary Indian Poet, known until now for his Odia poems. The English poems in this book traverse a wide range of affinities and concerns. The poetic voice is that of an urban bilingual Indian at ease with the traditions of both the languages. There are poems in the collection that interpret the metropolitan images of New York, London, Copenhagen, Warsaw and other cities. There are more poems that reinvent the