akil contractor
Akil Contractor is a prominent Indian poet and industrial innovator based in Mumbai. Born in 1957, he was a key founding member of Mumbai’s historic Poetry Circle in 1986 alongside Menka Shivdasani and Nitin Mukadam. Professionally, he is an award-winning developer of specialized printing inks, recognized in the Limca Book of Records for technical innovation. Contractor writes across diverse linguistic traditions; his published English titles include After Kalinga and Other Poems (1986), Spirit Song (1986), and Rhyming Verses (2023). Under the pen name Talabgaar, he has also authored two celebrated volumes of Urdu Shayari. His latest English manuscript is Going Nowhere to a Place.
Member Since: 8/9/2023
Country: India
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