Santosh Bakaya

Reuel International Awardee [Poetry,2014], Setu Award for ‘stellar contribution to world literature’ [2018], Eunice Dsouza Award, 2023, [WE Literary Community], Santosh Bakaya, Ph.D., poet, essayist, novelist, biographer, TEDx speaker, has written twenty-three books across different genres, Ballad of Bapu, and Only in Darkness can you see the Stars [Biography of Martin Luther King Jr]. have won international acclaim. “What is the Meter of the Dictionary?" is her latest solo book of poetry.

April 27, 2024
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Poem, Translation

Beautiful!” I echoed, as my eyes were dazzled by the minute glitters on my neck.

n a review for Different Truths, Dr. Santosh explores “Muse of Software-Clad Body,” a book that blends science, philosophy, and art through the concept of organic software. Reading Muse of...

March 23, 2024
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Poem

A Masterpiece: Reimagining the World Through Poetry

Dr Santosh reviews Al Salehi and Ivy Schweitzer’s “Within Flesh: A Collaborative Poem with Emily Dickinson,” exploring race, justice, and the human condition, exclusively for Different Truths. To repair...

February 15, 2024
Santosh Bakaya
Poem, Special Feature

Love Found in Shared Experiences

Dr Santosh’s poem depicts a child’s joy and laughter in a book, symbolising unity and the essence of life’s treasures in the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. Under...

November 16, 2023
Santosh Bakaya
Poem

She

Santosh talks about the many shades and hues of a woman. Ah she comes, she comes, a song she hums Rising above the cacophony of war drums How she...

August 12, 2023
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Poem

Geethanjali’s Captivating Journey through Love, Devotion, and Roseate Sonnets

Dr Santosh reviews Rosee, by Geethanjali Dilip, edited by Anindita Bose. The poems connect the world and reflect nature and human relationships, exclusively for Different Truths. The 97 poems...

July 15, 2023
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Poem

Syllables of Broken Silence: A Gem of Poetic Reflections

Dr Santosh reviews Syllables of Broken Silence, by Braja K Sarkar, exclusively for Different Truths. This fifty-page book is a sparkling gem, exemplifying the dictum that all good things...

June 24, 2023
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Poem

Ananya Chatterjee’s Book Illuminates the Depths of Emotions

Santosh reviews Barefoot on Splintered Glass by Ananya Chatterjee — exclusively for Different Truths. In her blog, Ananya Chatterjee calls herself an ‘intuitive poet’, who has never made a...

March 26, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Criticism

What Makes Dilip Mohaptra’s Short Stories Universally Appealing?

Dr. Santosh reviews Dilip Mohapatra’s collection of short stories, ‘More than Meets the Eye’. An exclusive for Different Truths. This collection of 25 short stories – some short, some...

March 1, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Poem

When the Words Committed Harakiri

Santosh, in her humourous poem, tells us how words handle a writer. “They misuse us, abuse us Malappropriate us,” said words of every hue Confabulating in a word-conference Quivering...

January 22, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Fiction

Why Sunil Sharma’s Book Deals with Migrants, Broken Hearts & More?

Santosh Bakaya reviews the book, Burn the Library and other Fictions, by Sunil Sharma. His sensitive pen deftly writes about migrants, the underprivileged, existential angst, broken hearts, double standards, unending...

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