Dr K. V. Raghupathi writes in English. He is a poet, short story writer, novelist, book reviewer and
critic. An Indian author best known for his poetry in English language. His poetry is rooted in the
abundance of philosophy, nature, transcendentalism, imagery and social perspectives, and replete with
similes, metaphors, personifications, apostrophe, irony, climax, anti-climax and full of rhetoric and
symbols. More often he takes the readers on the spiritual exploration of radical philosophical thoughts
which strongly speak through all the collections.
Academic qualifications: received Post-graduate degree in English Literature and Ph.D. in 1979 and
1997 from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He holds PGDTE from the English and Foreign
Languages University, Hyderabad.
Seminars/Conferences/Publication in Journals: Attended many conferences and seminars and
presented papers on literature, language and philosophy. Chaired sessions, delivered plenary talks and
key note/valedictory addresses. Published more than sixty articles and over forty book reviews in
various national and international journals.
Career: After having taught for twelve years in S.V.University, Tirupati and four and a half years in
Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh he moved to Central University of Tamil Nadu,
Thiruvarur, where he has been teaching in the Department English since December 2011.
Other Areas of Interest: He is a great lover and promoter of classical Karnatic music. Holds a Diploma
in Karnatic Music (Veena). Yoga Practitioner, Published two books on Yoga and over thirty articles on
Yoga in various cultural journals like Sri Aurobindp’s Action (Pondicherry), Vedanta Kesari (Chennai),
Prabhudda Bharat (Kolkata) and Saptagiri (Tirupati).
Writing Career: He began writing seriously in 1985. Since then he has published ten books in English
Verse, two novels, and one collection of short stories. His poems and short stories have appeared in
various newspapers like The Hindu, The Statesman, Print journals and on-line journals.
Awards: He is a recipient of several awards that include Michael Madhusudhan Dutt Award, Kolkata
in 2001, H.D.Thoreau Fellowship, Dhvanyaloka, Mysore in 2000, the best chosen poet for 2003, Poetry
Society of India, New Delhi Poetry Chain, Mumbai, Life Time Achievement Award, Chennai Poetry
Circle, Chennai in 2010, and Rock Pebbles National Award for creativity, 2014, Bhubaneswar.
His works:
Poetry: 1. Desert Blooms. Kolkata: Writers Workshop, 1987. Print.
2. Echoes Silent. Kolkata: Writers Workshop, 1988. Print
3. The Images of a Growing Dying City. Kolkata: Writers Workshop, 1989. Print
4. Small Reflections. Kolkata: Writers Workshop, 2000. Print
5. Voice of the Valley. New Delhi: Minerva Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2006. Print
Reprinted by Authorspress, New Delhi, 2014. Print.
6. Wisdom of the Peepal Tree. . New Delhi: Minerva Press India Pvt. Ltd. 2006. Print
Reprinted by Autorspress, New Delhi, 2014. Print.
7. Samarpana. New Delhi: Reliance Publsihing House, 2006. Print.
` 8. Orphan and other Poems. New Delhi: Snbun, 2010. Print.
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9. Dispersed Symphonies. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 2010. Print.
10. Between Me and the Babe. New Delhi: Authorsspress, 2014. Print.
Long Fiction:
1. The Invalid. Allahabad: Cyberwit.net, 2012. Print.
2. The Disapointed. Allahabad: Cyberwit.net, 2014. Print.
Short Fiction:
1. The Untouchable Piglet (A collection of short stories). New Delhi: Reliance Publishing
House, 2015. Print.
Critical/Edited Works:
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Emerson’s Orientalism. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 2007. Print.
Brave New Wave: 21 Indian English Poets. Jaipur: Book Enclave, 2009
Critical Exposition of Gopal Honnalgere Poems. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2011. Print.
The Rural Muse: The Poetry of T.Vasudeva Reddy. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014. Print.
Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Women Poets in Indian English Poetry. Jaipur:
Aadi Publications, 2015. Print.
6. A Portable P.Raja. New Delhi: Reliance Publishing House, 2015. Print.
7. An Anthology of Critical Perspectives on the Post-1980 Indian English Novel, Jaipur:
Yking Press, 2016. Print.
Books on Yoga:
1. Yoga for Peace. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 2006. Print.
2. Yoga and Zen: A Monograph. New Delhi: Sharada publishers, 2007. Print.
Areas of Interest:
Indian Writing in English
Women’s writings in English in India
Literary Criticism and Theory
Aesthetics
Indian Philosophy/Yoga
E mail: [email protected]
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Contact numbers: (0) 8903927414/(0)9491296113
Contact address:
Dr. K.V.Raghupathi
Department of English Studies
Central University of Tamil Nadu
Neelakudi Campus
THIRUVARUR – 610 101
Poetry Collections:
1. DESERT BLOOMS: Calcutta: Writer's Workshop, 1987.
Raghupathi’s Desert Blooms is a poetic journey of experiences in
the form of dialogue among the three souls. The dialogue is
centered on Philosophy of life from different dimensions in the
universe. Each soul argues in its own way commenting, disputing
and summing of life not in agreement with the argument of the
other two souls. The poet presents his experiences from the tree
of life, tree of human life, the world of Illusions, fantasies, surplus
life, sack of life, lock of life, infinite and incomplete life, life of
darkness and light, life of silence and emptiness, life of connections
and disconnections, life as a river of force so on and so forth.
Raghupathi philosophizes the mysteries of life, presents the path,
the purpose and meaning of life in subtle dimensions by unfolding
‘desert blooms’.
2. ECHOES SILENT, Calcutta: Writer's Workshop, 1988
It is a single long poem in which the poet is disenchanted with
many things, especially our educational system and all we were
taught in schools and colleges. Instead he is in love with
silence. The outpourings of his heart make interesting
reading. He undergoes every experience, feels all things and tries
to undergo every kind of thing.
3. THE IMAGES OF A
GROWING DYING CITY,
Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1989.
It is a collection in which Dr.K.V.
Raghupathi has presented 81
sordid images of not a particular city
but that which represents any
other city that is simply growing and
dying in terms of values and
quality of life. The poet presents a
few pertinent images in the
course of the city’s evolution from
its pristine state to its present
state of decay and death. The poet
intelligently traces the history
of this imaginary city, which was
uninhabited, undiscovered,
and inaccessible and remained
unknown to human species.
Soon, it became the land
predominantly occupied by
human beings who are largely selfconscious. It is now a city that
is dazzling and colorful built upon
with tireless pursuits and
ambitions. Multi-colored structures
emerged on the city. Human
population exploded day by day like swarms of bees and multiplied by moving in the streets, lanes
and by lanes. With the advent of science and technology, the city has developed beyond expectations.
All the forests have been cleared; roads and rail routes have been laid like branches of a tree. Factories
and machines in city become symbols of pollution. It is all buzzing, zooming and blooming. The poet
has captured the decaying images lucidly and vividly.
4. SMALL REFLECTIONS, Calcutta: Writer's Workshop, 2000.
ISBN: 8175957174.
In the book Dr.K.V.Raghupathi the poet from Triupati presents
eighty five invigorating poems. As the title suggests the
reflections are small, but at the same time they are multifaceted,
because they reveal the humane and humble thoughts of the
poet on sensitive and somber topics he chose to express himself
poetically.
Reprint: New Delhi: Authorspress,
7273-916-4.
5. VOICE OF THE
VALLEY, New
Delhi, Minerva Press,
(India) Pvt. Ltd, 2003.
2014. ISBN: 978-81-
Voice of the Valley is full of esoteric
wisdom. Set in the
backdrop of an unknown and
unnamed valley, the
wanderer in his search of pure
wisdom
falls
unconscious.
From
his
unconsciousness
his
alter ego rises and thus enters into a
debate
with
the
wanderer. It is Pure Consciousness,
and nothing else. Voice
of the Pure Consciousness ultimately
becomes the voice of the
valley. The voice pours infinite
wisdom
to
the
wanderer, Bindura who, awakened
and
enlightened,
resumes his journey endowed with
abundant vitality and
energy. And as he left he dropped his
name Bindura. The
wisdom is poured in pure poetry, running into several pages. It is an exhilarating experience to derive
such wisdom.
6. WISDOM OF THE PEEPAL TREE, New Delhi, Minerva Press (India)
Pvt. Ltd., 2003. Reprint: New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014. ISBN: 97881-7273-917-1.
The Peepal Tree drops the ageless wisdom of ancient India through
its leaves. The seeker approaches the Peepal Tree with veneration,
and the latter bestows upon him peace, tranquillity and selftranscendence. The Peepal Tree speaks, with the wisdom of eternity
taking the reader along a mystical journey of revelations…
7. SAMARPANA, New Delhi, Reliance Publishing House, 2006.
ISBN: 81-7510-145-8.
These fifty poems were reflections written while the author was
holding H.D.Thoreau Fellowship at Dhvanyaloka in Mysore in
2000. Dhvanyaloka is a Literary Criterion Centre founded by late
Professor C.D.Narasimaiah at Mysore. The serene atmosphere in
Dhvanyaloka had further initiated the author into such ecstatic
moods which finally yielded in the form of reflections. Their
hospitality had touched him deeply and hence he recorded this
gratitude in printed words. The poems are full of romantic and
transcendental elements.
8. DISPERSED SYMPHONIES, New Delhi, APH Publishing
Corporation, 2010. ISBN: 978-8131309629.
Dispersed Symphonies by K. V. Raghupathi is a collection of small
scale symphonies charting his spiritual development and the
struggle towards faith. The symphonies are published one per page
with a black and white drawing on the verso. At a time when much
poetry is growing narrower and more self-referential, Raghupathi is
a poet who dares to ask the larger questions. Raghupathi’s goal is
to create an ethics of memory, a system that will allow the
transcendent moment to be relived, but which still admits the
growth of spirituality. This clear-headed realism is perhaps the most
compelling feature of Raghupathi’s writing, and the source of its
authority and elegance. In his work intelligence is an important,
obvious, and strong emotion. Reading this yields highly
transcendental experience which is richly cherishing.
9. ORPHAN AND OTHER POEMS, New Delhi, SANBUN, 2010. ISBN: 978-93-80213-38-5
This prism like poems touch the poet’s various experiences in the mundane world. Strong in social
theme the poet writes on abandoned child, deserted baby, raped woman, beggar, drought, the death
of weaver, book seller, village, etc. The poems present the human condition in frightening imagery.
10. BETWEEN ME AND THE BABE, A Collection
Poems, New Delhi, Author's Press, 2014.ISBN: 97881-7273-807-5
Covering myriad range of experiences - love, death,
accidents, coincidences, art, literature, travel, nature,
beauty, etc. -K.V.Raghupathi's 'Between Me and the
Babe' is an outpouring of the poet's somber
recollections on the human condition. An existentialist
note permeates this collection, with the poet
meditating on both the meaning of nature and the
futility of life. Each poem carries a tone of melancholy
at the brevity of life's joys, and also ponders upon the
impermanence of sadness. As the poet tries to navigate
through and find his own place in the world, he tried to
take on the role of the detached observer, but his
chronicles betray his deep sensitivity to the goings-on
in a world of constant change. Introspective and
emotionally charged, these sets of poems are bound to
strike a chord with not only his admirers, but also those
who appreciate a contemplative stance fast paced
modern lives.
Novels:
1. THE INVALID, Allahabad: Cyberwet.net. 2012. ISBN: 978-81-8253-353-0
The book in your hand was written thirty years ago while the writer was just twenty five. This
constitutes the first of four books (tetralogy) which were written by him around that time. It might be
shocking for you to know that the first one which is before you has been rejected by more than thirty
publishers in the last thirty years. Some cited no reason, some said, it is a most horrendous piece of
writing... Human world would simply not accept ... burn it. The writer did not burn, but simply kept it
along with the other scripts in a box and locked, and then forgot the fate of their print. After thirty
years he revived his interest with a hope to introduce them to the educated public. But, much to his
consternation and shock, the same story has been repeated, but with a difference. One or two
publishers called it fabulous and shocking; some accepted it in the beginning, later abandoned without
citing reasons. Yet one signed the contract and vanished. Still another signed the contract and later
broke it after six months. The writer is driven to deep frustration. Yet, determined and ready to face
adverse and aggressive hostile world, the writer has ventured it on his own with the help of a budding
publisher, Cyberwit.net for which the writer expresses his deep sense of gratitude. The book is now
before you, in your hands. Read and burn and forget.
2. THE DISAPPOINTED, Allahabad: Cyberwet.net.2014. ISBN: 978-81-8253-475-9
The novel is second in series of four novels (tetralogy)
written thirty years ago. The first one ‘The Invalid’ was
published by the same publisher in Nov, 2012. ‘The
Disappointed’ was born out of writer’s personal
experience. It has two Encounters. The first was written 30
years ago; and the brief second one was added 15 years
after the first. It was a real experience, and not conceived
in imagination. It does not conform to any pattern of
writing a novel like the first one as the writer simply does
not believe in such stuff of writing. For him human
experiences do not constitute any form and pattern. It was
just a recorded experience. Nothing else. The novel is
before the readers, in their hands, whether they like it or
not, it is for them. Read, burn and forget. His story
combined with dismay and disappointment, disgust and
contempt, hatred and strange feelings produced in me
some unique sensation and I left with indelible impressions
of that old man. As I rode I felt how certain chance and
unexpected and accidental meetings and certain
inexplicable and indescribable combination of events and situations speak a great amount of the
quintessence of human life.
Short Stories: 1. THE UNTOUCHABLE PIGLET, New Delhi: Reliance Publishing House, 2016.
ISBN: 978-81-7510-231-4.
Books on Yoga:
1. YOGA AND ZEN: A MONOGRAPH, New Delhi, Sarada Publishing House, 2007. ISBN:
81-88934-47-X
India is a home of rich spiritual traditions and
philosophies. Yoga and Buddhism are the two greatest
systems of philosophies given to humanity. The former
expounded by Patanjali remained and lasted as pure
tradition, while the latter when it was split into several
schools. Zen was born from one such school called
Madhyamika as it traveled to the far east., Though
originated in India, the two are diametrically opposed in
respect of theology, cosmology, methodology and
technique. The concise mono graph takes an insightful
look into similarities and differences between these two
systems which made a deep impact on human life. This
small but invaluable study is considered as a rich
contribution to the field of comparative study of
philosophical systems of religions.
YOGA FOR PEACE, New Delhi, Abinav Publications, 2007. ISBN: 81-7071-483-X
In India and abroad yoga seems to be different things to
different people, with the result the original and pure
yoga as expounded by the great sage Patanjali two
thousand years ago actually has become drained,
diluted,
remote,
shallow,
unreachable
and
unrecognizable. The path of True Yoga actually leads
one out of darkness into the light; and it is a perpetual
journey into the mysteries of life. It takes up and leads
us unfailingly and unerringly to the heights of greater
splendor and glory where perfect peace, harmony and
wisdom reign supreme. But this goal of yoga can only
be reached through a regenerated, spiritual mind; a
mind which is pure, subtle and sensitive. Needless to
say, this yoga is missing now. It is misunderstood,
misconceived into something by various names,
gymnastics, fakirism, beauty culture and therapy, health
science, sex therapy, meditation technique and so
on. Against this backdrop, the essays are framed on the
basis of the first two sections, namely, Samadhi
Pada andSadhana
Pada of
Patanjali’s Yoga
Sutras. These are originally condensed talks delivered
at Sri Aurobindo Society, Triupati. In preparing these
essays, the writer has drawn both upon his own experience and the Yoga Sutras. Ultimately,
the only pure yoga is in living, constantly purifying oneself, leading to the discovering of
oneself. The reader will find it useful and perhaps even illuminating to dispel certain
misconceptions.
Critical Works:
1. EMERSON’S ORIENTALISM,
New Delhi, Prestige Books, 2007. ISBN:
9788175511903.
Emerson is a towering personality in the realm of American
Literature: a prolific writer, a brilliant speaker and a poetphilosopher. Influenced by oriental thought, chiefly the
Vedantic philosophy, he outlined his age by preaching the
doctrine of Self-Reliance e and Intuition through his lectures and
writings. Nevertheless, he was an original thinker. The present
book, based on the doctoral thesis of the author, is a
comprehensive study of Emerson and the philosophy of his
life. As we turn over the pages of his poems, essays and journals,
we find ourselves listening to an oracular voice, uttering words
of gnomic wisdom, in clear but almost expressionless tones. The
book makes a rich contribution to the area of American-Indian
Literature and Oriental Studies.
2. BRAVE NEW WAVE: 21 INDIAN ENGLISH
POETS,Jaipur, Book Enclave, 2009. ISBN: 9788181522405
Over 150 years of history of Indo-English Poetry as many as 50
anthologies have appeared. Perfection in anthologies is a
myth. No anthology can claim itself to be complete, truly
representative, objective and judicious. They represent small
voices of the big or small streams and rivers. The anthologies
hitherto published carried only old voices, hegemonistically
promoted as if giving an impression that there were no new
significant voices that Indo-English poetry is completely
drained and drought-ridden. Against this mythical backdrop,
the present one is contemplated and executed meticulously. It
is edited with a difference, perhaps the first of its kind to
represent the new voices that emerged after 1980’s with
biographical sketch, critical appraisal of their poetry,
bibliography including primary and secondary sources of the
poets in the history of anthologies of Indo-English poetry. The
essential idea behind is so present and project the
unacknowledged; much ignored and neglected voices both by the publishers and the academic
world. The twenty one poets include 16 men poets and 5 women poets drawn from various
states truly representing the Indian character. They are: Srinivasa Rangaswami,
R.Rabindranath Menon, I.K.Sharma, Kailash P.Varma, Dwaraknath H.Kabadi, Iftikhar
Hussain Rizvi, Nalini Sharma, Aju Mukhopadhyay, Pronob Kumar Majumder, T.Vasudeva
Reddy, P.C.K.Prem, Asha Viswas, Lakshmi Kannan, R.K.Singh,D.C .Chambial,
K.V.Venkataramana, P.Raja, Rita Malhotra, Manas Bakshi, K.V.Raghupathi, and Rita Nath
Kesari.
3. CRITICAL EXPOSITION OF GOPAL
HONNALGERE POEMS, New Delhi: Authors
Press, 2011. ISBN: 13: 978-8172736194.
Gopal Honnalgere as poet of remarkable genius
who had led a life of a Bikshu and never sought any fame,
recognition or honours or distinctions in public. A
contemporary poet of the immediate post-independence
generation poets, he has written his poetry out of
amalgamation of his personal experience, travels and
wide readings of philosophical and religious texts.
Gopal wrote with humour, Intelligence,
modernity, realism, concreteness of experience, selfreflection, and love, effectiveness of communication, free
flow, anecdotal and unconventional style. Humour is the
distinctive feature of his poetry. It is all pervading.
Behind his humour there lies in depth a thought for
reflection.
In this book Dr. K.V. Raghupathi, presents critical
evaluation and estimation of Gopal Honnalgere's poetry
with a hope that the future readers and scholars and lovers of poetry would immensely derive
benefit from it.
4. The Rural Muse: The Poetry of T. Vasudeva Reddy, New Delhi:
Authorspress, 2015. ISBN: 978-81-7273-866-2.
T.Vasudeva Reddy, based in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, writes in English. He is popularly
known for graphically writing and depicting the rural scenes and elements in his poetry with
striking diction. The book contains eight of his collections he has written and published over
four decades of his poetic career with an elaborate critical evaluation written by the editor.
5. Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Women Poets in Indian English Poetry. Jaipur: Aadi
Publications, 2015. ISBN: 978-93-82630-54-8.
Ever since the emergence of feminist literary criticism in the second half of the twentieth
century numerous studies on women writers and women writings have emerged on the literary
horizon. The present work is a fondly compiled compendium of scholarly papers presented at
the two day National Seminar held at Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur on March
14 and 15, 2013 which focussed on contemporary women poets writing in English such as
Smita Agarwal, Sujatha Bhatt, Imtaiz Darkar, Meena Alexander, Laxmi Kannan, Eunice de
Souza, Meena Kandasami, Menka Shivdasani, Arundati Subramanian, K. Srilata, Anita Nair,
Tanya Mendonsa and Rita Nath Kesari. The editor sincerely hopes that the scholarly papers
included in this book will supplement and enrich the literary criticism on women poets writing
in English in India.
6. A Portable P.Raja (Selected and Introduced by Dr.K.V.Raghupathi). New Delhi:
Reliance Publishing House, 2015. ISBN:978-81-7510-232-2.
P. Raja, a prolific writer both in Tamil (his mother tongue) and in English hailing from
Pondicherry has written and published 28 books in his writing career spanning over four
decades that include five poetry collections, four short story collections, one full-length play,
five one act plays, three folk tale collections, two books on history of Pondicherry besides six
translated works from Tamil to English, three books on Biography, one autobiography and four
edited volumes. The amazing aspect of his writing career is that he has published nearly 5000
compositions, 7 TV scripts and delivered 178 radio talks. His literary output is copious and
incomparable. He may be described as a writer of common man writing about simple
experiences of his own which escape our attention. He has never written about urban
complexities, its paradoxes, social issues and nature. The editor has more than two decades
of association with the writer. During this long period the editor has closely observed the
writer’s literary output, and has realized that it is time that the best of his writings had to be
given considerable attention and to the world. Hence this humble attempt. In this anthology
the editor has presented the best gleaned out of his writings spanning over four decades that
include poetry, short stories, essays and one act play. The best would speak the mind and heart
of P.Raja as a writer.
7. Critical Perspectives on the Post-1980 Indian Novel in English,
Jaipur: Yking Books, 2016. ISBN: 978-93-85528-59-0.
Indian Novel in English has gained a great momentum in the last three decades since the
publication of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children in 1982. Scores of writers both living
in India and abroad have enhanced the prestige of Indian Novel in English in the world of
literatures challenging their counterparts in the west. However, this phenomenal increase in
their number and quantity of publication and bagging a number of coveted international awards
alone cannot guarantee quality, but on the other have raised serious debatable questions. In the
backdrop of this, a seminar was organized in April, 2015 to discuss and debate ove these crucial
issues. The anthology is the outcome of this seminar comprising 29 articles dealing with
various themes. It is an added value to the existing critical literature, and the editor is of the
belief that it would act as a secondary source book for further research, both for scholars and
teachers.
Critical works on his poetry:
1.
The Philosophical Muse: Perspectives on the Poetry of K.V.Raghupathi
Laxmi Prasad, P.V. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation, 2013. ISBN: 9331318049.
The book contains thirteen articles written by Dr.P.V.Laxmi Prasad and two interviews
conducted by him with the poet. The author has explored themes to the extent of undertaking
future research on Raghupathi’s poetry since the scope for research genuinely exists in his
writings. In all the articles Prasad discovers Raghupathi more as a poet of Imagery, a poet of
social perspectives, a poet in search of eternal truths, a poet of standing compared to
NissimEzeikel and Gieve Patel, a poet of philosophy, a poet of pervasive moralism, a poet of
Nature and above all a meditative and intellectual poet.
2. The Introspective Voyager: A Collection of Critical Essays on the Poetry
of K.V.Raghupathi. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014. ISBN: 978-81-7273-850-1.
It is a collection of twenty one articles contributed by sixteen scholars. Professor PremaNandakumar,
a prolific writer and critic, Dr.D.C. Chambial, a poet and an eminent critic, Dr.Karthik Kumar
and Dr.BanibrataGoswami have critically highlighted the philosophic nuances of the collection
DesertBlooms.Another eminent critic Professor ShujaatHussaiun has worked on the poet’s
Wisdom of the Peepal Tree and brought out the essence and meaning of wisdom from the
sanctity of Peepal tree. Dr. Sheeba Nair has presented silent yet stirring echoes through Silent
Echoes. There are three papers on the collection Dispersed Symphonies. Dr. Laxmiprasad has
shown eco-critical perspectives; Dr. Sunitha has taken the collection for an extensive review
and Mr. VenkataRamana on symphonies of Nature and Roots of Cosmic Design from different
vicissitudes. Dr. T.V.Reddy has generalized his paper and presented the shades and images in
the poetry of Raghupathi. Next to these, Professor V.V.B.RamaRao, a prolific writer, has
undertaken a thorough but critical study on the quest and revelations in Raghupathi’s single
long poem Voice of the Valley. In his second paper on the Wisdom of the Peepal Tree, which
manifested that wisdom of the Peepal tree rooted in ancient Indian tradition he has shown
how Raghupathi has blended it with modern ways of giving expression to ideas. Dr. G.
Srilatha, another critic, has dealt with post- structuralism and post- modernism by writing on
the Enigma of Human existence. Mrs. SujithaElango, a budding writer, has surveyed the ecocritical perspectives of three individual poems “Co- Tenants,” “Drought,” and “Ignorance.”
Dr.S. Kumaran has examined the collection Samarpanafrom the divine interpretations and
established that Nature is a supreme teacher and task master. Another critic of eminence Dr.
Lipipuspa has innovatively dealt with the propensities for transcendence in Raghupathi’s
poetry. Dr.D.C. Chambial, an eminent critic and editor of his journal, Poetcrit has critically
taken up an individual poem entitled “Clouds” in terms of theme, prosody and imagery. Dr.
P.Raja, another distinguished poet and short story writer has evaluated Raghupathi’s poetry
both in the lofty thoughts of the poet and his philosophy. Dr. GnanaSekaran has looked at
from the ephemeral to the eternity by taking two collections namely Voice Eternal and Small
Reflections. A critical note on the Small Reflections can be seen from the Editor’s hand. Hope,
the collection of critical essays will definitely open new vistas of research in Indian English
Poetry. The contributors have evaluated that Raghupathi’s poetic output is universal in
thought and philosophical in content.
8. An Anthology of Criticism on Six Indian English Poets, New Delhi: Sarup
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2015. ISBN: 97881-7625-9873. It is a collection of critical
articles written by various scholars on six contemporary Indian poets writing in
English. The six poets include K.V.Raghupathi on whom eight critical articles have
been written. The book has been edited by Dr. Laxmi Prasad who has written and
published two critical works on K.V.Raghupathi’s poetry.
9. Indan English Poetry: Time and Continuity (Twelve Contemporary
Poets) New Delhi: Authorspress, 2015. ISBN: 978-93-5207-17-5.
Indian English Poetry and its yield after 1980 is different. It is no longer an eastwest conflict. Years after 1980 signify an entirely fresh elegiac scenario – a little
nostalgic also. A predilection for religious doctrines figures out life as
transcendental reality while metaphysical inquiries disturb. No obvious signs
regarding narrow religious mind sadden but secular and universal qualities surface.
Poetry reveals religious, psychological, philosophical-existential identity and
contemporary disquiet in amicable phrase. Poets of seventies and eighties with
strong and rural background hold adequate experience of urban life, and stressful
city woes with freshness in ennui and monotony of urbanity frighten and drive to
rational and meditative thoughts. To locate identity and roots distresses bards as
onerous past and contemporary void ironically haunt like a lethal spectre of
disturbance, death and consequential vainness.
H.S.Bhatia, O.P.Arora, T.V.Reddy, R.K. Bhushan, D.C.Chambial, Manas Bakshi,
Pasupathi Jha, P.Raja, K.V. Raghupathi, Arbind Kumar Choudhury, P.Gopichand
and P. Nagasusheela are included in the present anthology. They underline poetic
characteristics of the age, and speak of man and society with understanding and
empathy.