'Arrow' Creates Beauty From What Hurts Us Most
Sumita Chakraborty's new poetry collection grapples with the death of the poet's sister; like the arrow of the title, which can be a weapon of Cupid or of war, these poems contain both love and death.
An arrow at once symbolizes love, as fired from Cupid's bow, and death, as a weapon. It carries passion and direction, both as a way of providing service and demanding attention. In Sumita Chakraborty's debut collection of poems, the arrow adapts to each of its forms by striking the subconscious and giving birth to a new universe.
As an epic collection of fables, songs, and dreams, is a book that creates magic out of what hurts us most. Death, grief, and violence permeate its pages. But Chakraborty
