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What comes through in Bina Sarkar Ellias’ poems is a pressing sense of struggle and deep indignation at the ways of the world and present conditions, particularly expressing the world opinion on India. These are hand–faceted poems, expressing that some of us do have a conscience and honour. —Jayanta Mahapatra, distinguished award-winning Indian-English poet. Cuttack, India

Bina Sarkar’s poems use deft and nuanced words and phrasing to name and expose human corruption, and to defy political violence. These poems are inspiring acts of resistance and love that mourn those lost and remind their perpetrators that nature, the world and the universe are witnessing and recording their crimes. — Adrian Piper, American conceptual artist and philosopher. Berlin, Germany

Bina Sarkar Ellias is founder, editor, designer and publisher of International Gallerie (www.gallerie.net), an award-winning global arts and ideas publication from India. Since 23 years of publishing, she has been committed to encouraging critical awareness and appreciation of cultural diversity through excellence in the arts. She is a poet and writer. Her published books are The Room (Aark Arts, UK), Fuse (Poetry Primero, Poetrywall, India) and When Seeing Is Believing, a book of ekphrastic poems (co-published by Morarka Foundation and Mapin). Fuse has been taught at Towson University, Maryland, USA and has a Chinese edition. Poems from Fuse and When Seeing Is Believing have been translated into Urdu, Arabic, French, Greek and Spanish. As art curator, she has curated shows in India and internationally. She received a Fellowship from the Asia Leadership Fellow Program and Japan Foundation, 2007; Envisioning Community Building in Asia and Beyond, the Times Group Yami Women Achiever’s Award, 2008, and the FICCI/FLO award for excellence in her work, 2013.