Siddhartha Gigoo is a Commonwealth Prize-winning author. In 2015, he won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Asia) for his short story, The Umbrella Man. He has written two books of poetry, three novels--The Garden of Solitude, Mehr: A Love Story, and The Lion of Kashmir--, an experimental fiction--Love in the Time of Quarantine--, and a book of short stories--A Fistful of Earth and Other Stories (longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2015). He has also co-edited two anthologies, namely A Long Dream of Home: The Persecution, Exodus and Exile of Kashmiri Pandits and Once We Had Everything: Literature in Exile. His short stories have been longlisted for Lorian Hemingway Short Story Prize, Royal Society of LiteraturSiddhartha Gigoo is a Commonwealth Prize-winning author. In 2015, he won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Asia) for his short story, The Umbrella Man. He has written two books of poetry, three novels--The Garden of Solitude, Mehr: A Love Story, and The Lion of Kashmir--, an experimental fiction--Love in the Time of Quarantine--, and a book of short stories--A Fistful of Earth and Other Stories (longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2015). He has also co-edited two anthologies, namely A Long Dream of Home: The Persecution, Exodus and Exile of Kashmiri Pandits and Once We Had Everything: Literature in Exile. His short stories have been longlisted for Lorian Hemingway Short Story Prize, Royal Society of Literature's V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize, and Seán O'Faoláin Short Story Prize.
Siddhartha's short films, The Last Day and Goodbye, Mayfly, have won several awards at international film festivals. His writings appear in various literary journals.
I dreamt that you were dreaming about me. You dreamt that i was dreaming about you. We met in dreams. In my dream, i was you. In your dream, you were me. We were talking to each other. You as me. I as you. You said yes. I said No.....
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Tikuli's 'Wayfaring' is a collection of exquisite poems on several themes around travel, solitude, relationships, exile, nature, memory, urbanity. The poems evoke a deep sense of longing. They make you pause and reflect on things we miss while struggTikuli's 'Wayfaring' is a collection of exquisite poems on several themes around travel, solitude, relationships, exile, nature, memory, urbanity. The poems evoke a deep sense of longing. They make you pause and reflect on things we miss while struggling to make sense of the humdrum of daily existence. The underlying pain in the poems, and its masking by a desire for beauty and for love, shows the poet's deep understanding of human relationships and human nature. The poems will resonate with people who want to explore the meaning of love and loss. Without being didactic, the poems unravel the mystery behind the complexities of human relationships. The poems lead us on to promising paths. They point towards some answers. What is our place in society? What does it mean for us to have gone through turbulent times, to have loved and lost, to have been at the crossroads of life, and not abandoned the will to create hope and see beauty even in despair? How should we live? What should be the terms around which we create a bond with this chaotic society of ours?
The Exile poems touched my heart. They will touch the hearts of all those who wish to understand the idea of 'Home'.
Wayfaring will be an ideal companion to lonely wanderers and seekers....more
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