About the Book
One of the country's best-loved poets and lyricists, Gulzar is renowned forhis inimitable way of seeing things, his witty expressions, his quirky turns ofphrase. All these creative talents come into play in delightful, unexpectedways in his new bilingual collection Green Poems, which celebrates hisinnate connection with nature.
Gulzar writes about rivers, forests, mountains; snow, rain, clouds; thesky, the earth and space; a familiar tree, a disused well; Kullu, Manali,Chamba, Thimphu. Like glimpses of nature, the poems are often short,an image captured in a few words. And sometimes the image gives riseto a striking thought: 'When I pass through the forest I feel my ancestorsare around me ...'
For those new to Gulzar's work as well as his many fans, Green Poemswill prove to be a true joy
About the Author
Gulzar is one of India's most respected scriptwriters and directors, andhas been one of the most popular lyricists in mainstream Hindi cinema forover five decades. One of the country's leading poets, he has publisheda number of poetry anthologies and collections of short stories. He is alsoregarded as one of India's finest writers for children.
A member of the Indian Foreign Service, Pavan K. Varma has servedin Moscow, in New York at the Indian Mission to the United Nations,in London, where he was director of the Nehru Centre, and as India'shigh commissioner in Cyprus. Pavan K. Varma's books include Ghalib:The Man, The Times, The Great Indian Middle Class, Being Indian andBecoming Indian, all published by Penguin. He has also translated KaifiAzmi's Selected Poems and Atal Bihari Vajpayee's poetry (21 Poems) intoEnglish for Penguin.