At the edge of the sea, where the waves of Konark whisper their timeless hymns to the sun-temple stones, poetry gathers its luminous voices. River of Songs: The Chandrabhaga Poetry Anthology flows from that sacred confluence—of sea and song, of wind and word—carrying within it the living pulse of the Chandrabhaga Poetry Festival. Founded in the radiant vision of Jayanta Mahapatra, the legendary poet of Odisha, the festival has become a pilgrimage of language and light, encompassing voices from Odia, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, English, Tamil, Assamese, Marathi, Adivasi languages, and beyond — all the tongues that shape our living imagination.
This anthology, edited by Ashwani Kumar, Chandrabhanu Pattanayak, Sanjogita Mishra, and Saroj, gathers voices as resonant as the many currents of our rivers. Together, they sing of rivers that remember, rains that cleanse, and rainbows that reconcile sky with earth’s waiting heart. The foreword, penned by Dr. Supriya Pattanayak, sets the tone for this remarkable collection of contemporary poetry.
This anthology, edited by Ashwani Kumar, Chandrabhanu Pattanayak, Sanjogita Mishra, and Saroj, gathers voices as resonant as the many currents of our rivers. Together, they sing of rivers that remember, rains that cleanse, and rainbows that reconcile sky with earth’s waiting heart. The foreword, penned by Dr. Supriya Pattanayak, sets the tone for this remarkable collection of contemporary poetry.The anthology features an extraordinary roster of poets, including Adyasha Das, Amit Shankar Saha, Angshuman Kar, Anita Nahal, Anjali Purohit, Anuradha Singh, Arun Kamal, Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, Ashutosh Dubey, Ashutosh Parida, Ashwani Kumar, Aysa Jhorna, Basudhara Roy, Bijay Upadhyay, Bina Sarkar, Binapani Choudhury, Bodhisattva, Chandan Nag, Chandrabhanu Patnayak, Chirashri Indrasingh, Dibyajyoti Sarma, Dhananjay Singh, Durga Prasad Panda, EV Ramakrishnan, Hindol Bhattacharjee, Jadabendra Saha, Jatin Das, Jayadratha Suna, Jayant Parmar, Jitendra Srivastava, Kabir Deb, Kamal Vora, Kamalakar Bhat, Kanaka Lata Mahankuda, Kavi Yakoob, Kedar Mishra, Kumar Kartick, Manua Das, Maitreyee B Chowdhury, Meenakshi Mohan, Mrityunjay Kumar Singh, Nabanita Sengupta, Narendra Pundrik, Nishi Chawla, Prabal Kumar Basu, Prahallad Satpathy, Prafull Shiledar, Prajnaprabha Kuanar, Rabindra Swain, Ramesh Karthik Nayak, Rukhaya MK, Sabin Iqbal, Salma, Sanjogita Mishra, Sarabjeet Garcha, Sarita Jenamani, Saroj, Savita Singh, Sebanti Ghosh, Semeen Ali, Shyamasri Maji, Sonnet Mondal, Sharmila Ray, Sonya J Nair, Sreetanwi Chakraborty, Srinivas Gomango, Subhashree Subhasmita Mishra, Sujata Sahani, Sukrita, Sunanda Pradhan, Sutanuka Ghosh Roy, Swapna Mishra, Urna Bose, and Yuyutsu Sharma.
Notably, the anthology includes two poems by Egyptian poet Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, ( A Street in Cairo & The Monk at the Top of the Mountain with a Gray Head) featured on pages 29–31, adding a compelling international dimension to this celebration of poetic voices from across India and beyond.
Published by Red River on 31 December 2025, this 250-page volume (ISBN-13: 978-9348111265) is available in print and can be purchased through Amazon India.
