He owes his literary influence to his maternal grandfather, who he lists as one of the greatest storytellers he’s come across. Sonnet Mondal was born and brought up in Asansol, West Bengal, India. He has authored eight books of poetry to date, including Karmic Chanting, Ink and Line, and Twenty One Lines Fusions of the Twenty First Century. Mondal is currently based out of Kolkata. Sonnet Mondal is an Indian poet, literary curator, editor, and globetrotter. Reading his poems is a very satisying experience. It has the stamp of ‘Sonnet Mondal’ writ all over them. It is this diversity that makes his poems an unpredictably, predictable dipping experience.Įven if you close your eyes and listen to his poems, you cannot miss out on his unmistakable voice. He pens about anything and everything from nature, humanity, the planet, and even smoke emanating from a cigarette.
Sonnet attributes his muse to everyday life, and it is this randomness and spontaneity that makes his poems a thing of joy to read. The Unborn ones, please retreat to your mother’s womb Vanish with the fumes and transform yourself into water– You won’t smell good like those dead woods and leaves, so Out of you, blaming you for the cancer rampant in air.ĭon’t let yourselves counted - history will be framed without you. Now burn yourself completely, or they would light cigarettes The handsome presidents have osculated you goodbye.
I find his poems wise, pensive, brave, hard-hitting, and the need of the hour. He doesn’t shy away from using the power of the pen, to ask the uncomfortable questions. What fascinates me the most about Sonnet’s poems is the socio-political themes. Be it ‘Nobody speaks of you Syria,’ ‘Talaq, Talaq, Talaq,’ ‘Answer Maa,’ Sonnet 19 from which speaks of the sojourn of a hermit, and so many more. Each of his poems will have you pondering on its verses, and reflecting upon its astute profoundness. His poems have a transcendental quality to them and linger on for its noetic experience. You don’t need to look too far to study the finer nuances of poetry when you can read Sonnet’s numinous body of work. I am honored and privileged to host not just India’s, but one of the world’s greatest contemporary poets – Sonnet Mondal. Since April is National Poetry Month, our featured author for the month is a contemporary Indian poet. I’m elated to feature our first male author for this year. Today marks a special day on my blog, ‘The Tina Edit.’
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