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A round-faced man talks of parrots. He might suddenly explode into a flock of them, his skin opening like a bag, releasing a sea of green feathers. Rohinton Daruwalas poems unfold like a baramasa, an almanac of seasons and sensations, exquisite torments and explosions of delight. He essays a sensuous portraiture of place, invoking torrential monsoons, arid summers, railway A round-faced man talks of parrots. He might suddenly explode into a flock of them, his skin opening like a bag, releasing a sea of green feathers. Rohinton Daruwalas poems unfold like a baramasa, an almanac of seasons and sensations, exquisite torments and explosions of delight. He essays a sensuous portraiture of place, invoking torrential monsoons, arid summers, railway bridges at night, libraries in deserts. [He] spells out a frank eroticism in the textures and flavours of fruit
at the same time, [he] is entangled in the hypermodern present. He gathers traces of the loved one from residues both material and digital
[He] maps the city, not only through the portraiture of human protagonists, but also through the micro-ecologies inhabited by butterflies and sparrows
In Daruwalas handling, the poem can be an oblique parable, a brief lamp of wisdom in the wind of distraction: light as breath, yet as essential.Ranjit Hoskote
A round-faced man talks of parrots. He might suddenly explode into a flock of them, his skin opening like a bag, releasing a sea of green feathers. Rohinton Daruwalas poems unfold like a baramasa, an almanac of seasons and sensations, exquisite torments and explosions of delight. He essays a sensuous portraiture of place, invoking torrential monsoons, arid summers, railway A round-faced man talks of parrots. He might suddenly explode into a flock of them, his skin opening like a bag, releasing a sea of green feathers. Rohinton Daruwalas poems unfold like a baramasa, an almanac of seasons and sensations, exquisite... Read More