Trespassing My Ancestral Lands is a deeply resonant poetic journey through varied landscapes of emotion, cultural history, and self-discovery. It delve into the complexities of the immigrant experience and the loss of native identity, blending themes like human grief, the duality of love, the impact of war, and the cycles of existence. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis masterfully intertwines the personal with the universal, offering a unique voice that speaks to the core of human experience. The book invites readers to profoundly engage with the text, offering a space for introspection and understanding.…mehr
Trespassing My Ancestral Lands is a deeply resonant poetic journey through varied landscapes of emotion, cultural history, and self-discovery. It delve into the complexities of the immigrant experience and the loss of native identity, blending themes like human grief, the duality of love, the impact of war, and the cycles of existence. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis masterfully intertwines the personal with the universal, offering a unique voice that speaks to the core of human experience. The book invites readers to profoundly engage with the text, offering a space for introspection and understanding. It's a book that is expected to leave a lasting impact, remembered for its emotional depth, cultural relevance, and poetic mastery.
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is an Indian-American poet, writer, filmmaker, and author of six poetry collections. Her works have appeared in notable journals such as World Literature Today, Columbia Journal, Tupelo Quarterly, Cold Mountain Review, Indian Literature, Vsesvit, Silk Routes (IWP) at The University of Iowa, and Stanford University's Life in Quarantine. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis has been referenced in renowned publications such as the New York Times and Huffington Post, and featured in The Telegraph, OC Register, Los Angeles Times, Daily Pilot, and others. She has made appearances on major broadcasting platforms like ABC Channel 7, Voice of America, Fox News, India's National TV Network, Doordarshan, KPFK Radio, and various additional television and radio networks. Her poetry has been translated into twenty languages and has been included in college and university curricula in India and in the UK.Her bilingual poetry collection Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava, translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk, a poet and Lieutenant Colonel of The Armed Forces of Ukraine, was honored as a finalist in the 2023 "International Book Awards" presented by American Book Fest. Additionally, Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War Resistance, Hope, and Peace, an anthology curated and edited by her was named a finalist in the 2023 "National Indie Excellence Awards."Kalpna's poetry has received praise from eminent writers, such as Nobel Prize in Literature nominee Dr. Wazir Agha, Vaptsarov Award and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres recipient Amrita Pritam, and poet and Academy Award-winning lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar. She has read at the International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb), Sahitya Akademi, India's highest academy of letters, AWP Conferences, Poets & Writers, and other venues internationally.As a filmmaker, she is known for her feature film Goodbye My Friend, short film Girl With An Accent and her environmental film The Tree, based on her work of poetry. Her films have garnered multiple awards at international film festivals, including the "Silver Award" for her short film Girl With An Accent and the "Best Experimental Short Film Award" at the North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival.She has been nominated for a pushcart prize, and her awards and honors include the 2017 "Naji Naaman Literary Prize for Creativity," the "Bihar Rajbhasha Parishad Award," given by the government of Bihar, India, "Bihar Shri," and the "Rajiv Gandhi Global Excellence Award." Poems from her award-winning book Bare Soul and her poetry film River of Songs, included in the Nova Collection and the Polaris Collection archived in the Lunar Codex time capsule, landed on the moon with Odysseus, in a joint mission of NASA, SpaceX, and Intuitive Machines in 2024. A former lecturer of Political Science and Editor-in-Chief of Life and Legends, she works as an independent filmmaker in Hollywood and serves as an Advocacy Member at the United Nations Association of the USA.Website: www.kalpnasinghchitnis.com
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