Articles by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

Five New Poems

Selections from new poems, about vanished historical figures, about reminiscences and transmutations of a...

May 01, 2009 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Where Did The Jholawallah Go?

Interminable minutes in a waiting hall. Fruitless fariyadnamas, a clutch of courtiers in election khadi, a...

Apr 26, 2004 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Despair, Rage, Innocence

'You play innocence so well, with such precision, Shahid: You could seduce God himself, and fuck the sexless...

Apr 19, 2004 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Wrestling With Shadows

Books llike this, featuring the work of a single poet competently translated, are a rarity.

Dec 30, 2002 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
A Hindu, On the Hindoos

Brooding and innocent wordplay, pregnant with presentiments

Mar 19, 2001 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
My Book of the Century

Mar 08, 1999 Arvind Krishna Mehrotra