Mdantsane Breathing is a Poetry/Art book by doctor/artist/poet, Amitabh Mitra of East London, South Africa. Amitabh Mitra is the head of Trauma at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Mdantsane. During the last twenty years of his professional career in Mdantsane, he had put his experience in watercolours and poems in this book. - Daily Dispatch, Premier News Daily of Eastern Cape dantsane remains the second biggest township after Soweto in South Africa. This collection of poems and illustrations are the result of this impact and is the first of its kind from this township.

Mdantsane Breathing is a portrayal of a brave black community fighting against all odds for a better life in modern South Africa. “Dr Mitra commemorates a crucial space in South Africa's legacy of uman resilience, a township that warrants immediate recognition because of its importance in the saga against apartheid. Having already played a significant part in the history of its healing, he now brings his talents as writer and artist to evoke poignant moments n that history, and to bring awareness to the rest of the world." Shreekumar Varma,  Renowned Writer and Poet, India

Publisher -- Poets Printery, East London , South Africa
-- ISBN - 9780620460408 First Published - January 2010

Author's Biography

Amitabh Mitra is a medical doctor in a busy hospital in East London, South Africa. A widely published poet on the web and in print, he has been hailed as one of the most popular South African poets writing in English today by the Skyline Literary Review, based in New York. Dr. Mitra incorporates his real world experiences of the societies and cultures of countries like India, Bhutan and Zimbabwe into his art and poetry. One reviewer has called him "a powerful voice dispersing a reverie of time and heritage," going on to say that "his love poems with a backdrop of feudal Gwalior and Delhi take you on a sentimental journey to the old family homes, forts, palaces and places where he grew up." His first book of poems, Ritual Silences, was published in 1980. A Slow Train to Gwalior, published by Harp Records, is a CD of his ten most popular poems recited against a background of African and Indian traditional music. A collection of his poems, drawings, visuals and prints—a juxtapositioning of words, lines and colors—was first show to the public at The Ann Bryant Art Gallery, St. Marks Road, East London from July 12 to July 28, 2005. Dr. Mitra edits The Hudson View, an international print poetry journal published from New York, USA. He is also the Chairperson of the East London Fine Arts Society.

Check more about Dr. Amitabh Mitra’s books at  http://www.amitabhmitra.com and his blog on South African Art and Poetry at http://www.amitabhmitra.blogspot.com