Fragrant Regional Flowers in Indian Poetic Vase: A Note on Indian Poetry Translated in English

This article explores the Indian ethical paradigms in the English translated poems of more than 12 poets of different languages. The languages taken for study are: Telugu, Urdu, Punjabi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Manipuri, Tamil, Gujarati, Assamese, Hindi, Oriya and Bangla. The poems of various Indian poets, whose works have been translated, are the fragrant regional flowers in the Indian poetic vase, and an attempt has been made to decode their fragrance so that it may spread everywhere soothing others’ senses by its originality and freshness. The poets who are to be discussed in this article are: Kedarnth Singh (Hindi), Amrita Pritam (Punjabi), Thangjam Ibopishak (Manipuri), Ramakantha Ratha (Oriya), Nabaneeta Deb Sen (Bengali), Hiren Bhattachrya (Assamese), Stanshu Yashashchandra (Gujrathi), Gnanakoothan (Tamil), Gopalkrishna Adiga (Kannada), Sugathakumari (Malyalam), Dilip Chitre and Namdeo Dhasal (Marathi), Akhtaar-ul Iman (Urdu)and C. Narayan Reddy (Telugu). It is the high time to show the indigenous poetic literary culture through translation and surprise the West with the Indian values that care more for the soul than the body.