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    Stilness: Poems
    Stilness: Poems
    Stilness: Poems
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    Stilness: Poems

    By Varun Gandhi

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    Arriving fourteen years after his debut collection, Feroze Varun Gandhi's second poetry offering, Stillness, is a study in elegance. The poet displays a rare maturity and confidence in allowing access into his inner world. Searchingly introspective, suffused with a strange calm, the poems are both poignant and profound. The language is sophisticated and self-restrained, the tone reflective, honest, vulnerable.A beautifully produced collection of short poems illustrated with fine photography, this is a sublime experience for poetry 'passionista' and layman alike.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 1, 2015
    ISBN9789351772026
    Stilness: Poems
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    Varun Gandhi

    Second-term Member of Parliament and General Secretary of the BJP, Feroze Varun Gandhi is a regular columnist for India's leading national and regional dailies. An economics graduate from the London School of Economics (LSE), he is a respected policy analyst and opinion leader. He published his first collection of poems, The Otherness of Self, at the age of 20. This is his second work. His other passions include modern Indian art, world cinema and jazz. He lives in New Delhi with his wife Yamini and their daughter Anasuyaa.

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