Books

‘Tug at the Gillnet’ is a collection of fifty three poems by Bijoy Sankar Barman, the winner of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2013. Selected and translated from the Assamese by eminent translator Nirendra Nath Thakuria, and enriched with “Foreword” by the legendary poet Sitakant Mahapatra and “Afterword” by one of the best poets of contemporary world poetry Mathura (Margus Lattik), this book encapsulates the wider vibrant space of Bijoy Sankar Barman’s poetry. ‘Bijoy Sankar Barman is a poet of churning the depths of the reader, revealing the major nuances of the poems only apparently simple but immensely complex despite the look of simplicity’, writes Sitakant Mahapatra. According to Mathura, ‘A strong bond with heritage and tradition is what characterizes Barman’s poetry as well: its identity comes from its roots.’ Marked by The Indian Express as one of “Best Young Writers” in 2012, Bijoy Sankar Barman’s poetry “makes us meet our enfeebled existence in the vast arena of life”.