Combo of I Swallowed The Moon: The Poetry Of Gulzar by Bashir Saba Mahmood and ALL ONE'S BLUE by Ali Kazim (Set of 2 Books)

This combo product is bundled in India but the publishing origin of this title may vary.Publication date of this bundle is the creation date of this bundle; the actual publication date of child items may vary.A comprehensive analysis of the work of one of India's foremost poets Gulzar is arguably the most well-known contemporary poet writing in Hindustani. As a poet he occupies a unique place being a Progressive poet in a popular culture. His poetry appeals to all strata of society without compromising either on literary merit or on its ability to convey the most exalted thought in an accessible idiom. In 'He Swallowed the Moon' Saba Bashir attempts to analyse what makes Gulzar the poet he is. What is his signature style? What are the issues that concern his poetry and what are the recurrent images in it? She also draws a parallel between the poet's film and non-film poetry and points out how they are used interchangeably. Including the most comprehensive list of all Gulzar's poems film and non-film songs this is a valuable addition to the corpus of work on a great poet.'Kazim Ali is a traveller both in time and in space taking us into worlds that seem far apart-the omnipresent pastness of Cairo contemporary Albany the music of Alice Coltrane-but which in fact are bound together by his breath; the ways he breathes are the ways he writes. The result far from being insubstantial is as real as the sky forever changing above us without our knowledge but which achingly asks us to follow the poet as he dares its embrace. This is a beautiful haunting book.' -Adil Jussawalla 'Age-old stories made of rain and skin and flowering into wild bush fires are born out of Kazim Ali's poetry. The then and the now become blurred as he relives with a new urgency the interrogations of our time through the prism of Sufi lore and song. Myths forming the skeleton of men are seized and burst apart. Between endless time and ephemeral instant the poet's words draw us into a dancing net where we shake with untold uncertainties: "Illusion is the sheet and the thing lying under it." The secrecy of desire lies deep at the heart of this collection of poetry-immensely seductive.' -Ananda Devi