“Ever since “Leaves of Grass” first appeared in 1855, we find Walt Whitman simultaneously falsely imitated and truly manifesting in America. Who would have thought that his latest local incarnation would be in the body and the soul of an exceptional woman born in Gaya, Bihar, India, where the Buddha experienced Enlightenment? Yet here he is. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis’s Bare Soul is a rapturous ‘Song of Herself’ erupting in a time and space…” ~ Jack Foley, Poet and Author of Grief Songs & The Tiger & Other Tales.
"Her verse may remind the reader of Rumi, the Sufis, and mystics – but Rumi, the Sufis, and mystics in fine English, with an ear for its native rhythms. Her lines bear only a vague reminiscence, "echoing" these masters as one might repeat the details of a dream upon awakening. For Kalpna's voice is as original and cross-cultural as it is universal and classic." ~ Jennifer Reeser, Poet and Author of "Indigenous," "An Alabaster Flask," "Sonnets from the Dark Lady," & "The Lalaurie Horror."
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis's poetry is ladened with original thoughts, the spontaneity of expression, and sublimity. Her poetic myth and philosophy are self-created and universal to the core. She writes with the truthfulness of emotions influenced by an intuitive whiz, creative piquancy, and true pre-requisites of poetry from her inner self. - Naseer Ahmed Nasir, Poet & Author of "A Man Outside History."
"While listening to your voice, I look into your eyes. Kalpna, you are an ocean, I can never touch the bottom, taste the fullness of your water. Endless is your variety, in expressions, in the paradox, which can be understood only with the soul." ~ Ingrid Henzler (Author and Artist, Italy) ________________________________________________________________________ "Kalpna's poetry transcends the boundaries of literary analysis, soaring above the need to categorize or dissect, or label with names as much of English literature is approached. Her words point to the potential we all have to be real, daring, courageous and utterly transparent" ~ Amata Natassa Goldie, Poet and Author of the "The Golden Thread Book."

Latest News and Updates

__________ "Trespassing My Ancestral Lands" (Finishing Line Press): Sixth poetry collection of Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, released on May 24th, 2024. __________ Journeying through space and time with Odysseus, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis' poetry "River of Songs" (Bare Soul, 2015), the recipient of the 2017 Naji Naaman Literary Prize, landed on the Lunar South Pole on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 at 6:23 p.m. — "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava" (River Paw Press, 2023), a poetry collection by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis with its Ukrainian translation by Volodymyr Tymchuk, poet and Lieutenant Colonel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been named a finalist at the 14th Annual International Book Awards, by American Book Fest. — "World Literature Today," "The Los Angeles Review," "Indian Literature" and "Tupelo Quarterly" review "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava. — "Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace" (River Paw Press, 2022), curated and edited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, has been shortlisted at the 17th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards.

The "Hryhorii Kochur Award, Ukraine's prestigious state honor for the translation of "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava—Любовні листи до України від Уяви" by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, translated into Ukrainian by poet & Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Tymchuk. "The Tree" written and directed by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis wins the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival, screens at America's Oldest Film Fest, "Columbus International Film and Animation Festival, and receives an Honorable Jury Mention Award at "Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival" in India.

River Paw Press celebrates Ukraine's prestigious state honor, the "Hryhorii Kochur Award" for the translation of "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava—Любовні листи до України від Уяви" by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk. More about this award, please read on the blog, Mud and Lotus. "The Tree," written and directed by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is also the winner of "The Best Environmental Film Award" at "Crown Wood International Film Festival" and "Gangtok International Film Festival" in June 2022. "The Tree" has been officially selected at several film festivals, including Maui Film Festival, Near Nazareth Film Festival (Israel) and the "Cinema e Ambiente Avezzano" film festival in Italy, supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture.