Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur

Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur

Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur is a poet, travel writer, and social justice activist. A former professor of English Literature at Delhi University, and a creative writing professor at IGNOU, she is a widely published academic and creative writer. Her book Twice Colonised: Women in African Literature, is a seminal text on women’s socio-political empowerment. In 2020-21, she co-edited two poetry anthologies – In All the Spaces: Diverse Voices in Global Women’s Poetry, and Earth Fire Water Wind.

Kiron Pishi

Here is an excerpt from a forthcoming novel, Porridge and I: A Post-Colonial Story, with reference to the fearsome Goddess Kali by Dr Roopali. An exclusive for Different Truths. Haru Mama...
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  • September 13, 2022
  • Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
  • Poem

The Fig Tree

In this poem, Dr Roopali celebrates nature, a fig tree, exclusively for Different Truths. The tree dried a long time ago. Its a dead tree they said. Something in...
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  • September 5, 2022
  • Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
  • Poem

The Banana Tree 

An evocative poem by Dr Roopali about a banana tree, exclusively for Different Truths. I watched the banana tree grow in the simmering summer heat so very slow. The...
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  • July 26, 2022
  • Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
  • Poem

Of Poets, Poems and Deadline

Here’s an irreverent poem about poets, poems, deadlines, and rejections, by Dr Roopali, exclusively for Different Truths. The sudden closing of Windows and doors. Lying quietly on the floor With...
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