Pravat Kumar Padhy hails from Odisha, India. He holds a Masters in Science and Technology and a Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad. He has a certification of the Executive Education Programme on “Advanced Management” from IIM-Bangalore. His literary work cited in Interviews with Indian Writing in English, Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English, Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry, Cultural and Philosophical Reflections in Indian Poetry in English, History of Contemporary Indian English Poetry  etc. His poetry won the Editors’ Choice Award at Asian American Poetry, Poetbay, Writers Guild of India and others. His poem, “How Beautiful”, published in 1983 in the leading Newspaper, Indian Express, has been included in the Undergraduate English Curriculum of Shivaji University, Maharashtra, India. He guest-edited the November 2019 Per Diem Column, The Haiku Foundation, on the theme, “Celestial Bodies”. He has seven collections of verse to his credits. He can be contacted through his email address: pravatkumar_padhy@rediffmail.com.   

Contents:        

Review of His Book: 

• The Rhyming Rainbow by Pravat Kumar Padhy (Rev. by Abnish Singh Chauhan)

Book Review:

• History of Contemporary Indian English Poetry: An Appraisal, Vol. I and Vol. II by PCK Prem

Critique:

• Lantern in the Sky: Spirit behind the Words