Ishita Bhaduri

Ishita Bhaduri (born 4 May 1961 in Kolkata, West Bengal) is an Indian poet and writer of contemporary India. She has also written at times under the pseudonym Senjuti Bhaduri.
Background
Ishita is the great-granddaughter of the poet Jatindra Mohan Bagchi.
She started her literary career in the early 1980s when she edited Thungri magazine. She also edited Chharaa-Taraa, a collective volume of rhymes which was published for continuously for three years.
She has twenty-one books published including poetry, short stories, travelogues, prose, rhyme and other edited works. Her work includes Shabdey Raktey Aanguley, Tomar Chibukey Ishwar, Athaba Brahmakamal and Eucalyptus Gandha. She has edited Jatindramohan Bagchi/125, a commemorative volume on Jatindra Mohan Bagchi. A collection of short poems translated in English named “Marigold Moments” also needs special mention
Saaheb Subor Deshe is a travelogue based on her tour to the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. A collection of her selected poems Prem O Biraher Kabita was published in 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A book of rhymes, Malaichaki has been published in 2008 also in Dhaka. She has been invited to poetry readings, conferences and seminars at many places in India and Bangladesh as part of the Indian writer's delegation. On May 2008, she has attended her solo poetry session at Beijing, China arranged by Indian High Commission, Beijing
Awards and honours
Ishita won the Poet Gouranga Bhowmick Memorial Award in 2004 and the Bangla Academy Award from the Government of West Bengal in 2005.
Bibliography
Poetry
*Shabdey Raktey Aanguley
*Punarjanma
*Ektaa Aakaash Ektaa Chaand
*Tomaar Chibukey Ishwar
*Tumi Mrittikaa Hao
*Ebong Harinja Phul
*Athabaa Brahmakamal
*Aaj Aranyaprabaash
*Dui Haate Jalrang
*Kaathgolaapeo Moumaachhi
*Eucalyptus-Gandha
*Prem O Biraher Kabitaa (from Dhaka, Bangladesh)
*Bhalobasa, Jamrang
Prose
*Paakhir Paalak
Travalogue
*Saheb Subor Deshe
English translation
*Marigold Moments
(Translation: Soma Roy)
Rhyme
*Maalaaichaaki (from Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Edited works
*Jatindramohan Bagchi / 125
*Swanirbachito 2005
*Swanirbachito 2006
*Chharaa Taraa
*Thumri
 
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