Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay

Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay primarily writes short verses that celebrate nature, life and the universe. He is also a calligraphy artist and tea practitioner. He has introduced the Bodhi-Cha Ceremony, an Indian tea ritual bringing together diverse tea traditions of Asia. His work is deeply influenced by Japanese minimalist and aesthetic traditions, marked by simplicity, incompleteness, and imperfection, with humanity at its core. His books of poetry include The Scarecrow’s Prayer (translated by Arunava Sinha), The Autumnal Wind Has Taken It All Away (translated by Arunava Sinha), Let There Be A Few Scars (translated by Koli Bandyopadhyay), Bhijbona Ar Kathay (with illustrations by Jogen Chowdhury) and Prajapati Bosechhe Priyo Phul-e. He wrote his doctoral thesis on Rabindranath Tagore’s Perception of Japan. He lives in Santiniketan and works from his studio Kokoro, designed by a Japanese architect with a tea-room at its core.