Commonwealth Poetry Podcast
Poetry from around the world! A fortnightly celebration of Poetry and The Commonwealth - where award winning podcaster Gyles Brandreth and his daughter Aphra visit each of the 56 countries of the Commonwealth, meeting poets, performers and people who love poetry and discovering new poems each episode.
Commonwealth Poetry Podcast
In Conversation with Award Winning Indian Poet Sudeep Sen
In this episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet award winning Indian poet Sudeep Sen. Born and raised in New Delhi, Sudeep eloquently shares his formative influences growing up in a Bengali household steeped in poetry, literature, music, and dance. Describing poetry as ‘the oldest form of art’, Sudeep brings his art to life, reading a poem from his most recent collection which is both about the politics of language but mostly a homage to his first manual type writer. Exploring the importance of spoken poetry, as well as the impact of poetry on the written page. Sudeep discusses themes around Climate Change which he draws on in his most recent collection - Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation – the first collection in his eco trilogy.
Poems this episode include: Language; and Disembodied both by Sudeep Sen.