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Currently working on original poetry and dramatic writing alongside academic and critical publications.

April 2024 - Author's Press, New Delhi 

The Enchanted Stream: Poems by Subhashree Lenka (Ed. Ankit Rath) 

This volume contains Odia poems of Subhashree Lenka translated into English by Ankit Rath, J.P. Das, Jayanta Mahapatra, Sangram Jena, Snehaprava Das, and Sumanyu Satapathy.

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5 July 2026 - Blog - Ankit Rath (The Biblioraptor)

"Camera Obscura: Envisioning Remembering as a Reversal of Forgetting"

Reading No Such Thing As Monday (2026) by Sian Hughes

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8 June 2026 - Blog - Ankit Rath (The Biblioraptor)

"A Portrait of the Poet as a Playwright: A Remembrance of J.P. Das"

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March 2025 - Indian Literature v.346 (March-April 2025), Sahitya Akademi

“A Gateway into the Indian Tradition of the Absurd: An Analysis of J.P. Das’s “Absurd Play”” 

Discusses the legacy of absurdism in the Indian context and J.P. Das’s “Absurd Play” (1989).

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March 2024 - Muse India, VASANT RITU - SPRING, ISSUE NO. 114 (Mar-Apr 2024)

Book Review: “Soma: Poems by A.K. Ramanujan” edited by Guillermo Rodriguez and Krishna Ramanujan 

A semi-academic book review of the posthumously published poetry of A.K. Ramanujan's mescaline-driven poetry on Soma, a mythico-Vedic plant.

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12 June 2026 - Blog - Ankit Rath (The Biblioraptor)

"This Indian Indie Debut Is a Breath of Fresh Air: Book Review of Sucheta Dasgupta’s “Ladies’ Night: Stories” (2026)"

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23 May 2026 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“The Horror Of War Through The Prism Of Sci-fi"

Book review of Bora Chung's Red Sword (Tr. Anton Hur) (2026).

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2 May 2026 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“National Symbols Vis-À-Vis Popular Values"

Book review of T.M. Krishna's We, the People of India: Decoding a Nation’s Symbols (2026).

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23 August 2025 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“Accident Burns Boy, Loyalties Burn Family"

Book review of Krupa Ge's Burns Boy (2025).

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24 May 2025 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“The Hidden Histories of Indian Languages"

Book review of Peggy Mohan's Father Tongue, Motherland: The Birth of Languages in South Asia (2025).

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1 March 2025 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“A forthright history of political Hinduism"

Book review of Manu Pillai's Gods, Guns, and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity in Modern India (2024).

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12 January 2025 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“Delhi: A meal-by-meal exploration"

Book review of Pushpesh Pant's From The King's Table to Street Food (2024).

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9 November 2024 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“A showcase of Odisha’s rich literary tradition"

Book review of The Big Book of Odia Literature (2024) edited by Manu Dash.

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10 August 2024 - The Asian Age/Deccan Chronicle

“Twisted love before fall of Berlin Wall"

Book review of Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos(2024).

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TBC