Shrikant Verma Author

Shrikant Verma (1931–1986) was a central figure in the Nai Kavita literary movement. He was also a member of the Congress party and served as spokesman of the party through the late 1970s to the early 80s. He published books of fiction, a travelogue, essays and five collections of poetry. Rahul Soni is a writer, editor and translator. He has edited Home from a Distance, an anthology of Hindi poetry in English translation, and translated Geetanjali Shree’s novel The Roof Beneath Their Feet (forthcoming from And Other Stories in 2026), among others.