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Gopal Lahiri

Gopal Lahiri is an India-based bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer, and translator with 23 books published, including four jointly edited books. His poetry is also published across various anthologies as well as in eminent journals of India and abroad. He has been invited to various poetry festivals including the World Congress of Poets. He is published in 14 countries and his poems are translated into 15 languages.

October 26, 2024
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

Infernos: A Glimpse into the Cycle of Life and Death

Gopal’s poem explores life and death cycles, evoking empathy and existential angst, exclusively for Different Truths, through a tragic bird’s tragic demise. I saw a tiny bird mauled by...

October 21, 2024
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

A Struggle for Survival & Endurance in a Post-Abhaya City

Gopal’s protest poem, exclusively for Different Truths, depicts a city’s streets filled with defiance, questioning rulers’ ability to ignore demands before change becomes too strong. Abhaya’s are flying over...

July 1, 2023
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

Silence’s Lament: A Journey Through Shadows and Resilience

Gopal’s evocative poem tells us about a silent room that invites contemplation on existence and silence, and more – exclusively for Different Truths. 1. that room is empty...

June 12, 2023
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

Hunger: A Tale of Desperation, Love, and Survival

In this poignant poem, Gopal states that morphine provides solace amidst hunger and suffering to keep love alive, exclusively for Different Truths. I ate garbage day and night. In those...

January 28, 2022
Gopal Lahiri
Book Review, Poem

Rajorshi Patranabis’ English Ghazals with Sensory Ecstasies

Gopal reviews, A Collection of Ghazals in English, by Rajorshi Patranabis, exclusively for Different Truths. Poetry, especially ghazal, is indeed the language of the soul, sweet and joyful, sometimes sad,...

October 7, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

Speaking Truth

An evocative protest poem, by Gopal, exclusively for Different Truths. I learned to hold up the sky like grey clouds with its back, letting turfs and buildings go under...

September 29, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

Carnage

A dark poem about sinister childhood memories, by Gopal, exclusively for Different Truths Today I summon all those sinister, childhood shadows inside my dark room, my long memory laboratories,...

September 11, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

Far and Beyond

An evocative and poignant poem about love and its loss, by Gopal, exclusively for Different Truths. And another day winds down, after the sun has sunkinto the river, words...

August 20, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Book Review, Poem

Soumitra Chatterjee’s Free Flowing Poems Translated into English

Gopal reviews a poetry book, ‘Walking through the Mist’, by actor-poet Soumitra Chatterjee, and translated into English from Bangla by Amitava Nag. An exclusive for Different Truths. Book: ...

July 31, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Book Review, Religion

Kathamrita: Spiritual Wisdom and the Dialogic Imagination

Here is Gopal’s multi-layered review of Sreemati Mukherjee’s book, The Many Dialogues of the Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. An exclusive for Different Truths. Book: The Many Dialogues of...

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