World That Belongs To us

'A bold and necessary correction to the subcontinent's poetry canon.' - Jeet Thayil This first-of-its-kind anthology brings together the best of contemporary queer poetry from South Asia both from the subcontinent and its many diasporas.The anthology features well-known voices like Hoshang Merchant Ruth Vanita Suniti Namjoshi Kazim Ali Rajiv Mohabir as well as a host of new poets. The themes range from desire and loneliness sexual intimacy and struggles caste and language activism both on the streets and in the homes the role of family both given and chosen and heartbreaks and heartjoins. Writing from Bangalore Baroda Benares Boston Chennai Colombo Dhaka Delhi Dublin Karachi Kathmandu Lahore London New York City and writing in languages including Bengali Gujarati Hindi Kannada Urdu Manipuri Malayalam Marathi Punjabi Tamil and of course English the result is an urgent imaginative and beautiful testament to the diversity politics aesthetics and ethics of queer life in South Asia today. >World That Belongs To usAngiras Aditi-katyal AkhilHARPER INDIA9789353574574