Overview

Some wounds do not heal. They become language. At the heart of this book lies a simple Bengali word: ক্ষত-WOUNDS (Kshata): A Bilingual Synthesis of Poetry and Art that explores grief, longing, memory, and the quiet endurance of the human spirit. In this haunting collection, Niladri Sarker moves between the intimate and the immense, where personal loss meets the anxieties of a burning, uncertain world. These are poems of love, distance, fracture, and survival-poems in which private heartbreak can suddenly open onto vanishing coastlines, rising seas, and futures slipping out of reach. The result is a body of work that feels both deeply personal and universally unsettling. Accompanying the poems are 88 black-and-white ink drawings that extend the book's emotional world through shadows, stains, and silence. Some mirror specific poems; others linger like fragments of the same dream. Together, word and image create a stark, immersive landscape of tenderness, ruin, and recognition. WOUNDS (Kshata) does not offer easy consolation or tidy resolution. Instead, it bears witness-to what the heart remembers, to what the body carries, and to the fragile ways people continue through love, grief, and a world increasingly marked by loss. For readers drawn to reflective, visually rich poetry that speaks across languages, WOUNDS is both an intimate confession and a wider meditation on what it means to endure. It is for readers who believe poetry should not merely decorate language-but excavate it.

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""In Wounds, Niladri Sarker achieves the nearly impossible: a translation that retains the raw, jagged pulse of the original Bengali. This is not merely a collection of poetry; it is a linguistic excavation of the soul. Sarker's verses are sparse yet heavy, carrying the weight of eight years of lived experience. A profound meditation on the scars we carry and the silent stories they tell."" ""The 88 ink sketches in Wounds do not simply illustrate the text; they haunt it. Sarker's lines are visceral and 'unfiltered, ' mirroring the psychological landscape of the poetry. There is a masterly control of shadow and void in these drawings that brings a physical dimension to the emotional trauma explored in the writing. A stunning intersection of visual and verbal art."" ""Few creators possess the dual-lens of the scientist and the artist, but in Wounds, Dr. Niladri Sarker uses both to examine the anatomy of human suffering. The result is a work of clinical precision and immense empathy. By translating his own Bengali work into English, Sarker ensures that nothing is lost in the passage-it is the 'purest form' of a poet's heart, laid bare for an international audience."" ""A bridge between two worlds. Kshata (Wounds) captures the deep, melancholic beauty of Bengali thought while speaking a universal language of resilience. Sarker's journey as a 'Nomad' is visible here, but instead of traversing a hundred countries, he is traversing the interior map of the human condition. An essential read for those who seek the truth behind the scars.""

Author Information

Niladri Sarker is an artist, filmmaker, scientist, and globetrotter who has traveled to over 100 countries. He is the author of Mesh: A Sci-Fi Quartet and the I Wonder Why series, and the Founder & CEO of TERAVARNA, a global platform for artists. He is based in California.

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