Sudha Rao’s debut collection is a notable and noticeable arrival, a refreshment and an enlargement of this collective enterprise we are engaged in.  There is a defining and distinctive tone, a subcontinental brightness, a nuance and a singular iconography. Hers is unabashedly poetry of the Indian diaspora—restless, hyper-aware, appreciative of its adopted situation yet casting frequent glances back to the region of the poet’s birth. Aotearoa New Zealand is also deeply and emotively implicated in proceedings. ON ELEPHANT’S SHOULDERS has the carefully drawn, sensu Read More..