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The Plimsoll Line

The captain of a ship shares the different kinds of load that his ship carries and how the Plimsoll Line is the magic code that he has to follow. Bakul Banerjee writes a poem on the all important line under the theme ‘Science’.

Across the Space Apart

Bakul Banerjee writes about the growing space between two people in love. What happens to the feelings then? Her poem tells you more.

Remembering Salt March

The march to Dandi led by Mahatma Gandhi to protest the British Salt Tax in 1930 remains a key event in India’s struggle for independence. Bakul Banerjee writes a poem on the historic Dandi March that was marked by non-violence.

Samskara Unwound

Based on the famous conversation between Nachiketa and the God of Death, Yama in the Katha Upanishad, Bakul Banerjee pens a poem that explores the possibility of going back through one’s life to negate bad deeds with good ones, instead of going through death’s door.

Indian Election

There’s a mirthful side to something as serious as elections in India. Bakul Banerjee’s poem paints the lighter picture.

Women of their Ilk

It is the women who often end up choosing the sacrificing side, highlights Bakul Banerjee through a poem.

A Primer on Obedience

This is a relationship marked not by love but by an expectation of submission from a woman. Bakul Banerjee’s poem captures the fate of a hapless woman.

The Bay Leaf

A girl recalls the events of a night at her home when relatives came visiting and when there was little food. What did her mother do? The memory of a moonlit night is captured in a poem by Bakul Banerjee.

Seeds

In a “transformation poem”, Bakul Banerjee addresses two grave social situations that plague India.