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Vinod Kumar Shukla: Two Poems
Vinod Kumar Shukla
Translated by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
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Vinod Kumar Shukla
Vinod Kumar Shukla lives in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, where he has taught at the Indira Gandhi Agricultural University. He has published several collections of poetry and four novels, including Deewar mein ek khidki rehti thi (A Window Lived in a Wall).
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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra is the translator of The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry and Songs of Kabir. His Collected Poems: 1969 - 2014 was published in 2014.
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