{"product_id":"wounds-kshata-a-bilingual-synthesis-of-poetry-and-art-9798994034606","title":"WOUNDS (Kshata): A Bilingual Synthesis of Poetry and Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Niladri Sarker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Teravarna Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Teravarna Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome wounds do not heal. They become language.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of this book lies a simple Bengali word: \u003cstrong\u003eক্ষত\u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eWOUNDS (Kshata): A Bilingual Synthesis of Poetry and Art \u003c\/em\u003ethat explores grief, longing, memory, and the quiet endurance of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this haunting collection, Niladri Sarker moves between the intimate and the immense, where personal loss meets the anxieties of a burning, uncertain world. These are poems of love, distance, fracture, and survival-poems in which private heartbreak can suddenly open onto vanishing coastlines, rising seas, and futures slipping out of reach. The result is a body of work that feels both deeply personal and universally unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanying the poems are \u003cstrong\u003e88 black-and-white ink drawings\u003c\/strong\u003e that extend the book's emotional world through shadows, stains, and silence. Some mirror specific poems; others linger like fragments of the same dream. Together, word and image create a stark, immersive landscape of tenderness, ruin, and recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWOUNDS (Kshata)\u003c\/em\u003e does not offer easy consolation or tidy resolution. Instead, it bears witness-to what the heart remembers, to what the body carries, and to the fragile ways people continue through love, grief, and a world increasingly marked by loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers drawn to reflective, visually rich poetry that speaks across languages, \u003cem\u003eWOUNDS\u003c\/em\u003e is both an intimate confession and a wider meditation on what it means to endure. It is for readers who believe poetry should not merely decorate language-but excavate it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teravarna Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47775829557399,"sku":"9798994034606","price":2783.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798994034606.webp?v=1777992679","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/wounds-kshata-a-bilingual-synthesis-of-poetry-and-art-9798994034606","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}