Soot Red

<p>Three years’ worth of contemporary Indian poet Sandhita Chandra’s work written during her time as an undergraduate student in Delhi highlights the young writer’s coming-of-age. These 51 poems contain her evolution from an uncertain style to a definitive aesthetic cataloguing ideas that range from the unwaveringly feminist and anti-imperialist to slice-of-life stories and humorous haikus. The transformation mapped in these pages from childishly dark to self-consciously clever is rare in its wit and honesty.</p><p>Read Sandhita’s maiden poetry collection for the words she wholly owns as she comes into her own with amusing musings and political perspectives.</p>