The Kathmandu Post carries 'Karnali Highs- Journey into Nepal's far west' by Abhay K

 'Karnali Highs- Journey into Nepal's far west'

Nepali Daily 'Nagrik' carries Nepali translation of Abhay K's poem

Nepali Daily 'Nagrik' carries Nepali translation of Abhay K's poem 'Drugs and Drug Addicts'

The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India

The Dance of the Peacock

An Anthology of English Poetry from India

(To be published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada)

Some Poets

A.J. Thomas

Abhay K.

Bibhu Padhi

Jayanata Mahapatra

Keki N. Daruwala

K. Satchidanandan

Menka Shivdasani

R. Raja Rao

Ravi Shankar

Vivek Narayanan

Conversations between Prof. Abhi Subedi and Dr. Sanjeev Uprety

Indian Foreign Service: Positives & Negatives

The Indian Foreign Serivce (IFS) is the most selective and exclusive of all the Civil Services in India, taking in less than 40 candidates each year. Trainees have to undergo three years of training before serving in
Indian missions abroad and in the Ministry of External Affairs. The service was set up in September 1946 and the first batch of officers recruited through the Civil Services examination of the UPSC joined the service in 1948.

Abhay K. (IFS 2003) shares his own views on positives and  negatives of the Indian Foreign Service along with career highlights, family expectations and his advice for those preparing for the IFS in his 2012 interview to MYOD along with the former foreign secretary Salman Haider










"I LOVE MY JOB"- Abhay K.

Poetic License: Three Poems on Delhi by Abhay K. in the Kathmandu Post

A Poetic Journey in the Himalayas by Abhay K. in the Kathmandu Post

Crossing Karnali: Kathmandu Post carries a photo by Abhay K

I like Nepali Thali: Abhay K

Cinemandu & Poemandu: New initiatives by Abhay K.

Launch of Poemandu on the World Poetry Day 2013

Poet Abhay K's interview to the Hindu

In the service of poetry by Abhay K.

Poet Abhay K.'s ruminations on the World Poetry Day The Kathmandu Post

Advance Praise for Seduction of Delhi

The poems in the three thematic lines, viz., Places, Portraits and Reflections, dovetail into one another to make Seduction of Delhi a remarkable, exciting book. Qualities of love, tenderness and compassion set Abhay K's work apart from much of the general run of current poetics. Like the River Yamuna, I too, felt its "dark silver/ draining darkness/ from Delhi's soul." Abhay K's poems speak from the heart in language that doesn't compromise.

— JAYANT MAHAPATRA



Delhi is a palimpsest city, serving as the capital of many empires over the course of history, and Abhay K. presents an architectural and social tour of the city through nimble poems which are imbued with a clear love of his subject matter.
— RAVI SHANKAR, Award-winning Poet,  Editor of Drunken Boat, Ast. Prof. Central Connecticut State University


"Seduction of Delhi by Abhay K. is beautiful and engaging and surprises by the sheer variety of themes and structures it covers. Strong masculine rhythm exists in these poems along with deep, delicate lyricism that are nostalgic but rarely sad, full of intelligence and wit.A fine read."
  — BIBHU PADHI, Major Indian Poet

Seduction of Delhi is a greatly enjoyable collection of poems on Delhi. As someone in love with Delhi himself, I applaud Abhay for falling poetic prey to its seductions with such literary elegance and poise. Delhi needs its own balladeers. In Abhay K. it has found one.
  —PAVAN K. VARMA, Author-Diplomat

 “A gentle look at Delhi’s edifices, people, and reflections of the city’s seven capitals.”
 — SUDEEP SEN, author of Postmarked India: New & Selected Poems (HarperCollins) & The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry (editor)

 “Unfinished emblem of human ambition” is a poetic expression used by poet Abhay K in his poem “Alai Minar”. I think this expression sums up the character of all the short and unique poems compiled in this collection. Navigating through a poetic map of the great historical, chaotic and bustling metropolis is like making journeys back into times, and into the human psyche that is eternally torn between the power of space and what Martin Heidegger would call the most dynamic emblems of dwellings that rise and fall under sun and stars leaving sensations in history. Abhay K’s poems capture that very sensation in finely structured rhythmic forms. These poems capture the boisterous, aesthetically mad, chaotic and shifting history and transform theminto quiet moments of lyrical meditations. (On Abhay K.'s Seduction of Delhi)
  — ABHI SUBEDI, Poet, Playwright, Professor of English, Tribhuvan University

 "Delhi has been widely described as a dry, energy draining place, even a hermaphrodite... Abhay K.'s attempt here proves it otherwise. At first glance, his short, epigrammatic poems might appear just flaccid snapshots or single-boned vignettes of an outsider in a mad and sprawling metropolis known these days for its infamous gang rapes. But a closer look reveals how the poet steps back to withdraw his Self into a cocoon, to gain an artistic poise and to empower each and every item, object, relic, monument and figure a distinct voice and color. Lal Quila, Janter Manter, a flower girl, an auto rickshaw, Connaught Place, a house maid, Rahim, Jamun tree, Ghalib or Dara Shikoh walk with their first person personas in the lanes of Abhay K.'s Delhi, conjuring a memorable recital, a jam that defines the essence of this legendary city... Seduction of Delhi is an artistic triumph in many ways..."
 —YUYUTSTU RD SHARMA,Author of Annapurna Poems and Nepal Trilogy Visiting poet, New York University, New York

 "Poetry is the genre of Delhi, and Abhay K.'s poems offer heartfelt homage to both the tradition and the place."
 —TABISH KHAIR, Poet, Novelist and & Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Arahus, Denmark

 "Seduction of Delhi' captures not only the historical landscape of the Dilli of legend but also the contemporary feel of sarkari New Delhi. It's obvious that Abhay K. has managed to distill years of observation and emotion into these poems."
 — KRISHAN PRATAP SINGH, Author of The Raisina Series

 “In these poems, the city unfolds its seductive self gradually poem by poem. History whispers and monuments stand as living portraits of the past evoking images of vibrant or at times an almost lifeless present!”
 —SUKRITA PAUL KUMAR, Poet, Editor and & Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi

 “The poetry of Abhay K. brings back the memories of Delhi when it was known as the metropolis of Asia and the mistress of every conqueror. His images of places, portraits and reflections weave an attractive portrait of Delhi we live in.”
 —Dr. H. K.KAUL, President, The Poetry Society (India)

 “Well-crafted poems that describe the various stages of Delhi's seduction.”
 —A.J. THOMAS, Editor, Indian Literature

Poet-Diplomat Abhay K. honoured with SAARC Literature Award

SAARC Literature Award to Abhay K.