From Picnic
To know about Rimi Dey I’ll let you read her words first, There are plenty of snakes around. Tigers as well. These tigers are like snakes. There are also a handful of other animals who resemble tigers. Most of the people are aware, I keep some of them in my pockets nowadays. Rimi is a widely published Bengali poet of the ’90s. Born in a tea-estate in North Bengal, she edits Podyo, a critically acclaimed Bengali journal that deals exclusively with poetry. Rimi has authored nine collections of poetry, including Banobhojan, her latest release (Hawakal Publishers Sept 2018). I’ve translated five poems from Banobhojan (Picnic) for your reading. I’m delighted to have included a critique by Dustin Pickering. He is [...]