The Successors
he story is based on the struggle of indigenous people for their rights to jal jameen and jangal, led by Rudrani Devi and later by a young couple, Timir and Shampa.
Amita Paul
Amita Paul is by profession a retired bureaucrat but at heart a poet and a teacher. She writes , mostly poetry, in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. Her recent poems are featured or are forthcoming in anthologies and journals. She was awarded the NISSIM International Poetry Award (First Prize) for 2019, for Excellence in Writing and her contribution to Indian English Poetry. She was the recipient of the First Reuel Prize for 2020 for non – fiction to her for her experimental prose and multi – media Anthology, ‘The Saaqi Chronicles’. Destiny Poets, Wakefield, UK declared her Poet of the Year ’20, and also Critic of the Year ’20.