Inviting poets from around the globe to partake in writing 14-line poems, the social media efforts provided great returns as entries poured in. Co-edited by Anu Majumdar and Dustin Pickering, we had Sengupta tell us why one should pick up a copy of this book in the middle of a pandemic. Tell us about the process of conceptualisation to execution of the book Hibiscus? India constitutes 17.7 per cent of the world population, and the Covid-19 pandemic has brought our nation to a standstill. I’m also working on my next book of poems.

Source: The Telegraph June 24, 2020 16:41 UTC