Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur

Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur

Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur is a poet, travel writer, and social justice activist. A former professor of English Literature at Delhi University, and a creative writing professor at IGNOU, she is a widely published academic and creative writer. Her book Twice Colonised: Women in African Literature, is a seminal text on women’s socio-political empowerment. In 2020-21, she co-edited two poetry anthologies – In All the Spaces: Diverse Voices in Global Women’s Poetry, and Earth Fire Water Wind.

  • October 22, 2022
  • Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
  • Poem

I am Kali, the Black Goddess

Dr Roopali identifies with the dark goddess, Kali, detailing how she severed off many heads of her oppressors – a Diwali exclusive, the day she is worshipped, for Different...
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Kiron Pishi

Here is an excerpt from a forthcoming novel, Porridge and I: A Post-Colonial Story, with reference to the fearsome Goddess Kali by Dr Roopali. An exclusive for Different Truths. Haru Mama...
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  • September 13, 2022
  • Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
  • Poem

The Fig Tree

In this poem, Dr Roopali celebrates nature, a fig tree, exclusively for Different Truths. The tree dried a long time ago. Its a dead tree they said. Something in...
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