《Modern Indian Poetry An Anthology》

FOREWORD11

Humayun Kabir11

PREFACE14

ABBURI RAMAKRISHNA RAU (1896)23

Refrain23

AGYEYA (1911)24

Benison at Dawn24

AJANTA (1929)26

My Song26

AMRITA PRITAM (1919)28

To Waris Shah28

Breeze30

ANIL (1909)31

The Trail31

ANNADA SANKAR RAY (1904)32

Remembrance32

ASOKE VIJAY RAHA (1910)33

Conjecture33

BALAGANGADHARA TILAK (1923)34

A Night in the Rain34

BELLAMKONDA RAMADAS (1925)36

Exit36

BENDRE，D．R．(1896)38

Love38

BISHNU DEY (1909)40

A Sonnet40

BORKAR，B．B．(1910)41

Towards the Horizon41

BUDDHADEVA BOSE (1908)42

A Parting42

BYRAGI (1925)44

A Poem44

DHARMAVIR BHARATI (1926)45

To the Reader45

DILIP BARUA (1934)46

The Unwritten Letter46

DINKAR (1908)47

This I Would Teach47

DOM MORAES (1938)49

In Meadows49

Sailing to England50

DURGESHWAR SHARMA (1882)51

One and Two51

ELCHURI UBRAHMANYAM (1920)52

And She a Faded Flower52

FIRAQ GORAKHPURI (1896)53

A Poem53

GOKAK，V．K．(1909)54

To the Young Writer54

GOPAL CHANDRA MISRA (1925)55

Music of Stones55

HEM BARUA (1915)57

Madhaimalati57

HUMAYUN KABIR (1906)59

Partings59

INDIRA SANT (1914)61

Listen to Me61

JIGAR MORADABADI (1890)63

A Poem63

KALINDI CHARAN PANIGRAHI (1901)64

A Song of the Coming Age64

KRISHNA SASTRI，D．V．(1899)66

A Song66

KUNDURTI ANJANEYULU (1922)68

A Letter68

KUNJA BIHARI DAS (1914)69

Is Not This Thy Prayer69

LAL，P．(1929)71

The Parrot＇s Death71

The Irony72

MAHENDRA BORA (1929)73

A Love Song73

MAHADEVI VARMA (1907)75

A Poem75

MANGESH PADGAONKAR (1929)77

Sinking Deep in Your Eyes Profound77

MANSUKHLAL JHAVERI (1907)79

To My Child79

MASTER ZINDA KOUL (1885)80

Compulsion80

MOHAN SINGH (1904)83

The Present83

NABAKANTA BARUA (1926)84

The Black Girl in Search of God84

NAGARJUNA (1911)85

Famine and After85

NARESH GUHA (1924)86

In an Ancient Field86

NARASIMHASWAMY，K．S．(1918)87

The Father＇s Throne87

NIRALA (1896)90

Sic Transit90

A Poem91

NIRMALA PRABHA BORDOLAI (1933)92

A December Memory92

PADMA (1929)94

The Path94

PANIKKAR，K．M．(1894)95

Waves of Thought95

PRAYAG NARAYAN TRIPATHI (1919)97

The Pedlar97

PREMENDRA MITRA (1904)98

The Rats98

PUTTAPPA，K．V．(1904)100

The Question100

RAGHAVENDRA RAO，K．(1928)102

An Elegy for a Dead Child102

RAGHUNATH CHOUDHURY (1879)104

The Wedding of Bahagi104

RAHMAN RAHI (1925)106

Behold!106

RAJASEKHAR (1922)108

The Alphabet108

RAVISH SIDDIQI (1911)109

Bride-of-Night109

REGE，P．S．(1910)112

Steel112

SADANAND REGE (1924)113

Ship113

SANKARA KURUP，G．(1901)115

Today Me，Tomorrow You115

SHARADCHANDRA MUKTIBODH (1929)117

Thirty-Two117

SIPRA GHOSH (1939)124

Shadow-embrace124

SOCHI ROUT ROY (1915)125

Voices in the Dark125

SREEDHARA MENON，V．(1911)127

But…127

SRIRANGAM SRINIVAS RAO (1910)128

A Poem128

SRINIVAS RAYAPROL (1925)129

Two Poems for the Buddha129

SUBRAHMANYA YOGI，S．D．(1901)131

Dawn131

Divine Muse132

SUDHINDRANATH DATTA (1901)133

Night133

SUMITRANANDAN PANT (1900)135

I，Song Bird135

SUNDARAM (1908)137

Before Leaving137

VARADA (1923)138

A Poem138

VASANT BAPAT (1922)139

Then Go At Once139

VINDA KARANDIKAR (1918)140

To You It Was a Native Art140