Publications

BOOKS


Poetry Collections/Books Authored by Abhay K.

In Light of Africa (f/c)

Celestial : A Love Poem (Mapin India, 2023)

Stray Poems (Poetrywala, India, 2022)

Monsoon: A Poem of Love and Longing (Sahitya Akademi, India, 2022)

The Magic of Madagascar (L'Harmattan, Paris, 2021)

[Published into French and Malagasy as La Magie de Madagascar (Tsipika Editions, 2022)
The Alphabets of Latin America (Bloomsbury India 2020)

[Published in Italian as Gli alfabeti dell'America latina (Edizioni Efesto, 2021)
The Prophecy of Brasilia (Gana|Colletivo Editorial, Brazil 2018)
The Eight-eyed Lord of Kathmandu (Bloomsbury India 2018/ Onslaught Press, UK)

[Published in Nepali as Jatra ( Kathalaya,2015)
The Seduction of Delhi (Bloomsbury India, 2014)
Remains (HarAnand, India 2012)
Candling the Light (Yash Publicaions, 2011)
Fallen Leaves of Autumn (English-Russian Bilingual, Amazon, 2010)
Enigmatic Love (Bookwell India 2009)

Poetry Books Edited by Abhay K.

 The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems (Bloomsbury India 2020)

CAPITALS (Bloomsbury India 2017)

100 Great Indian Poems (Bloomsbury India 2018)

100 More Great Indian Poems (Bloomsbury India 2019)

New Brazilian Poems (Ibis Libris, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2018 )

The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems ( Bloomsbury India 2020)

100 Grandes Poemas da Índia (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 2018)

Cien Grandes Poemas de la India (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Monterrey, Mexico 2018) 

100 Grandi Poesie Indiane ( Edizioni Efesto, Rome, Italy 2019)

Tononkalo Indianina 100 Tsara Indriandra (Tsipika, Antananarivo, 2020)

100 Grands Poèmes Indiens (L'Harmattan, Paris, 2022)

100 Megala Indika Poemata (Nikas Books, Athens, 2023)

Books Edited by Abhay K.

The Book of Bihari Literature (HarperCollins India 2022)

 

Translations by Abhay K. from Other Languages   

 

Fool Bahadur, the first Magahi Novel- Translated from Magahi into English (Penguin India, 2024)
Meghaduta by Kalidasa-Translated from Sanskrit into English (Bloomsbury India, 2021)
Ritusamhara by Kalidasa-Translated from Sanskrit into English
New Brazilian Poems- Translated from Portuguese into English (Ibis Libris, Rio 2018)
Uttering Her Name by Gabriel Rosenstock- Translated from English into Hindi 

Poems in Various Anthologies 

Late Blooming Cherries : Haiku Poetry from India (HarperCollins 2024)

Madness: An Anthology of Global Poetry ( Red Panda, Nepal 2023)

Greening the Earth : A Global Anthology of Poetry (Penguin Random House India, 2023)

Converse, Contemporary English Poetry by Indians (Pippa Rann, UK 2022)

Home (Brown Critique, India 2022)

Year Book of Indian Poetry in English 2021-22 (Hawakal 2022)

Witness (Red River Press, 2021)

Collegiality and Other Ballads: feminist poems by male and non-binary allies (Hawakal 2021)

Year Book of Indian Poetry in English 2020-21 (Hawakal 2021)

Paws Healing the Earth (River Paw Press, 2021)

Open Your Eyes: An Anthology on Climate Change (Hawakal 2020)

A Poem A Day edited by Gulzar ( Harper Collins India 2020)

The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems ( Bloomsbury India 2020)
The Lie of the Land ( Sahitya Akademi, India 2020)
The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems (Bloomsbury India 2019)
Modern English Poetry by Younger Indians (Sahitya Akademi, India 2019)

Voces Del Cafe ( Nueva York Poetry Press, 2018)
The Himalayan Arc (Harper Collins 2018)

Anthologia da Academia Taguatinguense de Letras ( Academy of Letters, Taguatinga, Brazil 2017)
Poets’ Travelogue: The Grand Indian Express (Blue Lotus Publications 2016 )
Contemporary Indian Poetry Issue of Enchanting Verses Literary Review (2015)
Big Bridge Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry (2015)
Journeys Along The Silk Road (The Lost Tower, UK, 2015)
Poets of India (Seventh Quarry, Wales, UK, 2014)
The Dance of the Peacock (Hidden Brooks, Canada 2013)
Harmonious Palette (Russia, 2011)
Inclinations (USA, 2008)
A Moment of Deja Vu  (Forward Press, UK 2007)
Natural Spirit ( Forward Press, UK  2006)

Poems Published in Literary Journals

1.Poetry Salzburg Review (Austria)

2. Beltway Poetry Quarterly (Washington DC, USA )

3.Gargoyle (USA )

4.Asia Literary Review (Hong Kong)
5.The Culturium, UK

6.Kitaab, Singapore
7.Marguette, Italy

8.Scroll, India
9. International Gallerie, India
10.The Galway Review, Ireland
11.Tiempo Argentina
12.The Booksmovie, Spain
13.Sarasvati Quarterly ,UK
14. Mud Season Review, USA
15.Eastlit, Hongkong, China
16.The Enchanting Verses Literary Review, India
17.The Stony Thursday Book ,Ireland
18. Drunk Monkeys, Los Angeles, USA
19. Şiirden, Turkey
20. Ashvamegha, India
21.The Byword, India
23.Long Exposure Magazine, UK
24.Rupantar, Nepal
25.The Dhauli Review, India
26.Spaces Nepal
27.Muse India
28.The Week, Republica, Nepal
29.Kavya Bharati, India
30.Of Nepalese Clay
31.Madhupark, Nepal
32. Poetry at Sangam, India
33.Poetry Atlas London, UK
34.Seventh Quarry, Wales, UK
35. Chiaroscuro, London, UK
36.An Gael, New York, USA
37.The Missing Slate
38.Indian Literature, India
39.Journal of The Poetry Society of India
40.Pratilipi, India

41.Setu, Pittsburgh, USA
42.La.Lit, Nepal
43.The Brown Critique, India
44. Kritya, India
45.The Kathmandu Post Literary Supplement
46.Nagrik (Akshar), Nepal
47.Teesta Rangeet, Sikkim, India
48.Literary St. Petersburg, Russia
49. Women's St. Petersburg, Russia
50.Word Catalyst, USA
51.Severnaya Aurora, Russia
52.Sphinx, Russia
53.Okno, Russia
54.Nevsky Almanac, Russia
55.Kalpataru Express, India

56. Setopati, Nepal
57.READ : Literary journal of Nepal Literature Fest, Nepal
58. Hawk & Whippoorwill, Boston, USA
59.Diplomat, London
60.Diplomat Magazine, The Hague
61. Madras Courier, India

62. Dhaka Literary Review, Bangladesh

63. The Aleph Review, Lahore

64. The Punch, India

65. The Gorkha Times, Nepal

66.  Poliscritture, Italy 

67. Creative Flight, India/Nepal

68. Life and Legends, USA

69. Indigo, Reunion, France

70. Correio Brasiliense, Brazil

71. Blanco Mobil, Mexico

72. Kavishala, India

73. Descontexto, Chile

74. Journal of the International Festival of Poetry, Medellin, Colombia

75. Journal of the International Festival of Poetry, Nicaragua

76. Centro Cultural Trilce, Peru 

77. Poetry India 

78. Buenos Aires Poetry, Argentina

79. Kathmandu Tribune, Nepal

80. Correio Musa Rara, Brazil 

81. Big Bridge, USA

82. The Caravan, India

83. NE Travel and Life, India

84. India Writes

85. Escamandro, Brazil  

86. Silk Routes, University of Iowa, USA

87. Journal of the Flinders University, Australia

88. Rogha Gabriel, Ireland

89. Scarriet, USA

90. Rattapallax, USA 

91. Chipmunk, India

92. Men Matters, Malaysia

93. First Post, India

94. Confluence, UK

95. Ponto, Italy

96. Caffe Dissensus

97.Acolada, Romania

98. Poezia, Romania

99. Convorbiri Literare 

100. Confesiuni, Romania

101. Vallejo & Co. Peru

102. Chronograf, Romania

103. Cross Currents 

104. Cerebration

 

Short Stories

That Evening Storm
Mishka
A Day Opens Slowly in Moscow

History 

Nalanda (Penguin Random House 2025)f/c

Memoirs

The Colours of Soul : A Transformative Journey into the World of Art  (f/c)
River Valley to Silicon Valley (Bookwell India 2007) 

Essays 

 Poesia e Diplomacia, Revista Brasileira, Brazilian Academy of Letters Fase IX, July, Aug, Sept 2018

Poetry & Diplomacy Journal of Art and Literature, Nepal Academy Vol 8 2015
Poetry & Poets Journal of Art and Literature, Nepal Academy Vol 9 2014

Abhay K.'s works translated into Other Languages

'Earth Anthem' translated into over 160 languages spoken across the globe.

 
Poems translated into Russian, Irish, Mandarin, Nepali, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Italian, Malagasy, French, Malayalam, Romanian, Odia among other languages.

 

The Magic of Madagascar translated into French by Prof. Madhuri Mukherjee, published as La Magie de Madagascar in 2021 and into Malagasy by Mose Njo in 2022.

The Alphabets of Latin America translated into Italian by Angela D'Ambra and published as Gli Alfabeti Dell'America Latina (Edizioni Efesto 2021). It has also been translated into Malayalam by Deepa Chandran and into Spanish by a number of translators and will be published soon.

 
The Eight-eyed Lord of Kathmandu translated and published into Nepali as Jatra (Kathalaya, Nepal 2015), translated into Odia by Monalisa Jena and published by Kahani publishers in Odisha. It has also been translated into Italian by Angela D'Ambra and will be published by Costa Edizioni.

The Seduction of Delhi translated into Slovene by Katja Gorecan

The Colours of Soul : A Transformative Journey into the World of Art published into Russian as Cvet Dushi (2010)

River Valley to Silicon Valley (Bookwell, 2007) Published into Russian as V Put Ot Rechnoi Dolini (Svetaslav, St. Petersburg 2008)

Abhay K.s Articles/Columns in Newspapers/Online News

1.  G-20 Presidency Showcases India's Rich Cultural Heritage and Soft Power (IndiaWrites, Sept 2023)
   
2. India's Message to the World (Gulf News, October 2021)
   
3. Kalidasa's Meghduta with a Contemporary Lens (First Post, April 2021)
   
4. Christmas Conjunction of Planets : Ten Anthems for the Solar System (Scroll, Dec 2020)
   
5. Love Poems from India sweeping through histories, geographies (Scroll, Nov 2020)
   
6. Kalidasa was an early practitioner of Ecopoetry, a genre the world is waking up to now (Scroll, July 2020)
7. What Kalidasa teaches us about Lockdown, Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss (Madras Courier, April 2020)
8. A common anthem for our planet: why do I seek Earth Anthem (Daily O, 31 March 2019)
9. Innovations in Pubic Diplomacy,(Mural Internacional, State University of Rio de Janeiro, August, 2018)
   
10. How India can popularize Vasudhaiva Kutumvakam (Daily O, 28 Jan 2018)
11. Why India needs a poetry library for posterity ( Daily O, 3 Jan 2018)
12.  Why the world needs International Day of Diplomats ( 12 Oct 2017)
13.  In Memory of Cecilia Meireles ( Daily  O, 28 July 2017)
14. My connection with poet Derek Walcott ( Daily O, March 2017)
15. How Delhi compares with other capital cities ( Daily O, Jan 2017)
16. Creating A Poetic Portrait of The Planet The Kathmandu Post (21 March 2015)
17. Singing the same song, The Kathmandu Post (5 June 2014)
18. Towards an official Earth Anthem, Asia News Network(ANN), China Daily (April 2014), The Korea Herald (April 2014)
19. Towards an official Earth Anthem in fight to protect the planet, The China Post(April 2014)
20. An Earth Anthem, The Daily Star, Bangladesh (April 2014)
21. Nepalese Literature: An introduction, Marg Asia (March 2014)
22. Yoga and Indian Way of Life The Kathmandu Post (March 2014)
23. A Poet for the World The Kathmandu Post (March 2014)
24. Time to go mobile in Indian Elections (March 2014)
25. Poetry & Poets  The Himalayan Times (Feb 2014)
26. A Song for South Asia  HaveeruOnline, Maldives (Jan 2014)
27. SAARC Anthem to celebrate our South Asianess The Sunday Times, Colombo (Dec 2013)
28. The SAARC Spirit India Writes (Dec 2013) 
29. Celebrating Our South Asianess The Daily Star, Dhaka (Dec 2013)
30. Strengthening Synergy: Need of a SAARC Anthem  The Kathmandu Post ( Nov 2013)
31. Innovations in Public Diplomacy University of Southern California (Nov 2013)
32. In poetry we trust The Kathmandu Post (Oct 2013)
33. Why We Need An Earth Anthem India Writes ( June 2013)
34. An Anthem for the Earth The Kathmandu Post (May 2013)
35. Karnali Highs The Kathmandu Post (May 2013)
36. A Poetic Journey in the Himalayas The Kathmandu Post (April 2013)
37. In the Service of Poetry The Kathmandu Post (March 2013)
38. Is Poetry Really Dead   The Kathmandu Post (February 2013)
39. Two Shades of Passion  The Kathmandu Post (Nov 2012)
40. Next-Generation Democracy  Millennium Post( Oct 2012)
41. Coming together for better or verse  Millennium Post(July 2012)
42. Travails of an Author   Millennium Post (May 2012)
43. Searching for Dara Shikoh in Delhi Millennium Post (May 2012)
44. Re-branding Bihar , The Bihar Times (February 2012 )
45. The Common Man's Voice  The Times of India(Dec 2011),
46. Reavealed: How IFS Officers Are Groomed  Rediff ( August 2011)
47. India's Country Brand Values Can Help The World (July 2011)
48. 9 Core Values Rediff (June 2011)
49. IPv6: Is Your Website Ready  Rediff (June 2011)
50. UNPA Can Democratize Global Governance Viewspaper (June 2011)
51. UN, IMF, World Bank Come Closer to People  Governance Now (May 2011)
52. Propaganda vs. Public  Diplomacy   Rediff (May 2011)
53. India's Lead in GOV2.0 University of Southern California CPD (March 2011)
54. Twitter-Instant Voice of the Planet Turns Five  Governance Now (March 2011) 
55. All We Need is Civic Sense  Viewspaper (March 2011)
56. India: A Great Softpower in CPDblog University of Southern California(Feb 2011)
57. India Is Fast Becoming Asia's Art & Literary H
58. What Makes the 21st Century Different from the 20
59. Birth Of Global Democracy  Times Of I
60. Inspiring Obamas CPD Blog University of Southern California
61. Art Exhibition For the Starters and What to Appreciate
62. Beyond Diplomacy
63. Asian Renaissance
64. FOLLOW GLOBALLY WHAT IS FOLLOWED LOCALLY (August 2010)
65. THE POWER OF CULTURE
66. WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SEVEN WISHES
67. ST. PETERSBURG: LIGHT OF THE NORTH
68. QUEST FOR DEMOCRATIC GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
69. COUNTRIES IN CONTRAST (June 2009)
70. THOUGHTS ON HOME
71. WHAT IS LITERATURE
72. WHAT IS TIME
73. READING GOGOL IN 21ST CENTURY
74. WHEN WISHES COME TRUE
75. MY GRAND PA -A LIFE
76. VINCENT VAN GOGH- A LIFE
77. REFLECTIONS ON HAPPINESS
78. ECO-AUDITING MY LIFE
79. ONE YEAR IN BLOGGING
80. LIGHT A CANDLE FOUNDATION
81. MOSCOW MUSINGS 
82. A SUNDAY IN MOSCOW
83. SEVEN WISHES
84. WHAT GITA SPEAKS TO US-II
85. WHAT GITA SPEAKS TO US-I
86. HEART MATTERS