Lord Parekh spoke of the ‘immense pool of talent’ that is contemporary Indian diaspora poets, and called for a mutually beneficial meeting of two great literatures: English literature and Indian diaspora literature in English, which itself is enriched by its heritage of multilingual Indian literature. In his welcome address, Yogesh Patel stated his intention of bringing together and honouring eminent Indian diaspora poets from Britain and the USA, as well as British publishers who support diaspora poetry. English language poets of the Indian diaspora were celebrated at a recent event in London. That he had been working strenuously behind the scenes to promote his fellow diaspora poets became particularly evident when he announced a few exciting publishing initiatives that he has been pursuing. All the award-winning poets gave brief readings from their work, to the accompaniment of an excellent slide-show highlighting each poet’s achievements and their poetry.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2016 10:30 UTC