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Ode to Broken Things is an extraordinary collection of poems that offers us that most elusive of feelings: a moment of stillness to connect within ourselves. Shruti’s verses, their cadence, allow us to experience precious long-buried sensations and emotions. In her work, forests, rivers, birds, wildflowers, love and loss… are rediscovered in the most profound ways…connecting and reminding us about the fragile web of life. These poems transcend the intensely personal and resonate with all that makes us human. This is a book that needs to be carried with us wherever we go…to reflect upon, and heal us. — Gulan Kripalani, transformational leadership practitioner-coach

In Shruti Kulkarni’s poetry, we are taken to the heart of matter — to observe the atomic, the molecular, the granular parts of our inner and outer worlds that we miss amid the unsettling busyness. Ode to Broken Things invites us to feel, see, think and wonder about all that surrounds us. Raw and uncut, these poetic expressions draw us towards hope, and to the question, ‘What if we all spoke in poetry?’ — Vinutha Mallya, journalist, editor and lecturer

Shruti Kulkarni is an independent filmmaker and photographer. Her poems and artworks have appeared in the anthologies Through the Looking Glass: Reflecting on Madness and Chaos Within and 100 Poems Are Not Enough. She also works as a film consultant, writer and podcast producer with the World Bank and other organisations involved in the fields of environment and development. Having grown up in Dehradun, she most enjoys taking long walks in the quiet wilderness. She is currently working on a collection of poems entitled Two Birds Sleeping in My Pocket. She sometimes writes at @isyllis on Instagram. Her work portfolio can be viewed at: www.shrutikulkarni.format.com.