Ban Dook Dom (Poems)

These are sharp political poems, darkly ironic, shrewdly observant, and socially relevant. They form a sordid commentary on what is happening in our country, and elsewhere in the world.: a whole downward metamorphosis of mankind into beasts and insects prompted by a form of dehumanized, unethical, and anti-democratic politics. ---- K. Satchidanandan Literature in English from Bihar has a long history, going back all the way to the very beginning with Deen Mohamad, but it also stands at an independent angle to smooth, convented, metropolitan Indian English literature. That is what makes it both angular and exciting. Jha proves this again with a series of poems where politics meets perspective, and takes a clear stand. ------ Tabish Khair