Santosh Bakaya
Dr. Santosh Bakaya is a poet, novelist, essayist, biographer ,TEDx speaker, internationally acclaimed for her poetic biography of Mahtama Gandhi, "Ballad of Bapu," and runs a weekly column, Morning Meanderings in Learning and Creativity. Com.
About Santosh Bakaya
Dr. Santosh Bakaya:
Winner of Reuel International Award [2014] for Oh Hark! , Setu Award for excellence [2018] for her 'stellar contribution to world literature, [Setu, bilingual Journal Pittsburgh, USA], the First Keshav Malik Award [2019] for her 'entire staggeringly prolific and quality conscious oeuvre', essayist, poet, novelist, editor, TEDx Speaker, Dr. Santosh Bakaya has been acclaimed for her poetic biography of Bapu, Ballad of Bapu [Vitasta, Delhi, 2015].
Her other books are: Only in Darkness Can You See the Stars [A Biography of Martin Luther King Jr. Vitasta, 2019] Songs of Belligerence [Authors Press, 2020] Morning Meanderings, [e-book Blue Pencil, 2020] Her other two collaborative e-books: Vodka by the Volga [with Dr. Koshy, Blue Pencil, 2020] From Prinsep Ghat to Peer Panjal [with Gopal Lahiri, Blue Pencil, 2021] have been Amazon bestsellers. Runcible Spoons and Pea-green Boats is her latest book [Poetry, Authors press, 2021.]
Books by Santosh Bakaya
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The Hunter — essay humorous
Do they have little legs?
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A Flat-footed Dream — poem unrhymed
"...happy to find myself in that delectable land of dreams..."
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The Sad Boatman — poem unrhymed
"...When will the good times be back?.."
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The Surreal Land — poem unrhymed
"...a lone oak so bright, looking as if it had soaked all the sunlight..."
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Poetry's Doing — poem unrhymed
"...It tries to filch some sparkle from the rising sun..."