• ISBN13: 9788124801543
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Peacock Books
• Publication Date: June 26, 2007
• Pages: 240
• Original Price: INR 195.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 180 grams

A uniquely diversified poetic narrative, this anthology takes the reader along an adventurous journey into the enchanting world of infants. Here mothers pour their heart out to the unborn infants: I weave at my will, every waking moment and every sleeping wink the pattern of time into matter and space. Here infants sing of their eternal bonds with their mothers: Mother, there is a timelessness between you and me that goes beyond the point you conceived me, beyond singularity, beyond the infinity of time. Here, grandparents go through austerities and take vows of penance for the gift of grandchildren: Creation is no easy matter, joy does not come from nowhere, wishes are not granted without penance; when the oceans were churned the nectar came along with the poison.... Here the divine little angels take you along their milestones in a dance of life, while mothers and fathers nurture them with the labour of love and grandparents inundate them with the adoration that even gods envy.

Kundan Lal Chowdhury is a Medical graduate from Punjab University and postgraduate from Delhi University with a fellowship in Neurology from London. Dr. Chowdhury has published papers on various medical topics in numerous national and international professional journals and is widely known for his pioneering work Health Trauma of the Kashmiri Refugees and is credited with drawing the attention of the world to this tragedy. He writes regularly on various subjects—medical and scientific, socio-cultural, and political. He made a mark in the literary field with the publication of his two highly acclaimed anthologies: Of Gods, Men and Militants and A Thousand-Petalled Garland and Other Poems.

• Section One : Invocation

• A New Star in the Firmament
• The Promised One
• New Paradigm of Life

• Section Two : Conception

• You Announce Your Arrival
• Sighting You for the First Time
• Speaking through Your Heart
• Time Encapsulated
• A New Lease
• Making Your Presence Felt
• She Plays to Rules
• Virtual Reality
• We Wait Patiently

• Section Three : Creation

• Creation
• Nausheen
• Stirring Visions
• In You We Seek Our Permanence
• The Sleep Sequence
• Straight in the Eye
• No Perfumes for My Child
• Making Up for your Absence
• Diaper Rash
• Mittens
• Mother’s Vigil
• Lullaby
• Unblinking
• Attaining Motherhood
• Let Tears Flow
• Revealed in a New Light
• Time for the Morning Walk
• Meeting Great-grandma First Time
• Mother how You Fuss Over Me
• Kangaroo
• Flesh and Blood Kid
• You are My Time
• Let there be Light
• Thumb-Sucking
• Learning to Crawl
• She Fights Sleep
• She is Everywhere
• Yashoda
• The Prospect of Returning to Day Care
• Let Me Use My Hands and Feet
• Surrender to Her

• Section Four : The One Year Milestone

• One Year Progress Report
• No Sloppy Diets, Please
• Creating Space
• Time to Wake Up
• 1
• Time to Wake Up
• 2
• Dandelion
• Beyond the First Year
• On the Run
• The Stairs
• He is No Ordinary Kid
• Brave Kid
• Siva is back
• Mine Alone
• A Dad’s Plea
• Everything at its Time
• When I Look at Your Picture
• You Grow into Our Consciousness, Shereen

• Section Five : The Two Year Milestone

• A Day in the Life of a Two Year Old
• Playmates
• 1
• Playmates
• 2
• The Helpmate
• 1
• The Helpmate
• 2
• More at Two
• Meeting You after a Year
• The Great Mimic
• Sibling Rivalry
• At Two and a Half
• Aditya on His First Visit to India
• The Prophet
• How We Miss Him
• 1
• How We Miss Him
• 2

• Section Six : Third Year and After

• Happy 3rd Birthday
• Why Can’t I Stay Home, Mother?
• She is a Big Girl
• On Going to Bed
• 1
• On Going to Bed
• 2
• Love is There
• The Right Intonation
• Broken Heart and a Rainbow Flower
• Bravado
• So Many Names
• Shereen Postures on Didi’s Birthday
• The Cosmic Kids Meet
• 1
• The Cosmic Kids Meet
• 2
• The Cosmic Kids Meet
• 3

• Section Seven : Bird Songs for Infants

• Chirrup Bulbul, Chirrup
• Crow Poornima
• Clever Crow
• 1
• Clever Crow
• 2
• The Kingfisher’s Dilemma

• Section Eight : Grandchildren Visit Grandparents in India

• Waiting to be Picked
• The Final Hours
• I am Going to Miss You
• After You Left 1-10