The Seduction of Delhi, a collection of poems by poet-diplomat Abhay K was launched today at the Jaipur Literature Festival by the doyen of Indian English Poetry Arvind Krishna Mehrotra who delivered keynote address earlier today at the opening of the Jaipur Literature Festival on Poetic Imagination along with Vijay Seshadri, Pulitzer Prize winning poet.
The Seduction of Delhi is the fifth collection of poems by the poet-diplomat who has been awarded SAARC Literary Award and nominated for the Pushcart Prize earlier. The poems in his latest collection not only pay homage to historical personalities and cities of Delhi but also to present inhabitants of Delhi such as a flower girl, security guard, maids etc.
The book has been illustrated beautifully by the Italian artist Tarshito and has been reviewed by major Indian poet Jayanta Mahapatra, T.S. Eliot Prize winning poet George Szirtes, American poet Dorianne Laux among others.