writing samples
poetry
- “Sing to Me” from the Anomalous Chapbook Contest Notable manuscript, read here.
- “Poem, Sisyphus” in Omniverse, read here.
- Poems from Ghostmasters, read in Almost Island here.
- “Postcard Aphrodite”first published in Colorado Review and “Fêted” first published in Interim read in Big Bridge anthologyonline here
- Poem-essay on Lorine Niedecker’s work/ life via select fragments from her poems, in Dukool, here.
- “Ding Dong Bell,” “Peace Treaty” and “Illiad Blues” in Mascara here
- “Father’s Day” in Cordite here
- Various poems in Softblow here and here
- Various poems in Sangam House here
“New and Selected Poems” book released in India by Poetrywala has a selection from across my books, see here.
essays
- “The Experience of Srividya at Devipuram” in Religions (2019) 10(1), 14. Open Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10010014
- “A Brief History of the Bhagavad Gita’s Canonization” in Religion Compass. (Email Mani for a pdf if you do not have access to Wiley).
- “Writing to Stop.” Read in 91st Meridien.
- “Automatic Writing – Real, Surreal, Hyper-real” in Fulcrum 7. Download pdf here.
- “Repetitiveness in Gita translations.” eXchanges, Journal of Literary Translation, winter 2009. Download here.
- “Stretch.” XCP. Download pdf here.
- “Halloween” in Dimsum. Download pdf here.
- “Decoding Augustine via Saussure.” In-Between Journal of Literary Criticism. Download pdf here.
- “Caterpillar to Butterfly: Thoreau’s dietary journey.” Thoreau Society Bulletin. Read here.
reviews
- Review of Arvind K. Mehrotra’s Songs of Kabir. Translation Review (Vol 83, Issue 1, 2012). Download pdf here.
- Review of Mohammad A Quayum’s Rabindranath Tagore: Selected Short Stories. Cha (Mar 2012, Issue 16.) Read here.
- “Sisterhood of Royal Intrigue.” Review of Kaunteya by Madhavi Mahadevan. New Indian Expreess, 18th February 2017. Read here.
- “Sita Recycled and Retold.” Review of Sita, Warrior of Mithila (Book 2, Ram Chandra Series) by Amish Tripathi. New Indian Express, 1st July 2017. Read here.
- Review of Available Light, C.P.Surendran. First published in Kitaab, and reprinted in Scroll (November 7th, 2017). Read here.
- “A Sense of Wholeness.” Review of There’s a Carnival Today, Manjushree Thapa’s translation of Indra Bahadur Rai’s Nepalese novel Aaja Ramita Chha. New Indian Express, 23rd Dec 2017. Read here.
translations
- “He’s a Sweetie.” Translation of Madhurashtakam. Asymptote (Apr 2012).
- “Beauty, A Wave.” Translationof Soundarya Lahari excerpts. Asymptote (Oct 2011).
- “Guru – Hymn in Eight Stanzas.” Translation of Guru-Ashtakam. Anomalous (Issue 3, Sep 2011).
- Kalidasa’s Ritusamharam. Excerpts in Almost Island (Spring 2014).
- Kalidasa’s Meghadutam. Excerpts in Poetry at Sangam.
- Ishavasyopanishad. Read in Asymptote.