About the Poet
Nivedita Dey

Nivedita Dey is a prolific and promising contemporary poet cum author from India, possessing a strong and unique metamodern voice that is blended and seived beautifully through her transcendental and metaphysical lens, expressed with a raw honesty, yet an uncompromising optimism.

 

Her debut poetry collection, Larkspur Lane : Branched Labyrinths of the Mind was published in 2022. In this book, she, a serious scholar of the poetic art and literature, officially introduced and elucidated on a new literary device that she has designed and applied in her works; christening it ‘complex open enjambments’.

 

Her poetry has been extensively published in several International poetry and literary journals. You can read them here. As a poet, Nivedita represented the Indian voice internationally in 2016, appearing as a only Indian guest reader at the International Beat Poetry Festival, West Virginia chapter.

 

She has also participated in some of the renowned poetry and literature festivals of her region, such as the Apeejay Kolkata Literature Festival. She has appeared as a guest reader/speaker at various prestigious literary meets and poetry events hosted by/at the Goethe Institut, Kolkata, Gorky Sadan – Russian Cultural Centre, Kolkata and more. Check out some of the snapshots of her appearances here.

Nivedita Dey’s poetic philosophy is one of Hope and Transcendental Humanism. She believes, “However dark it gets, it only makes a stronger case for the eternal and invincible presence of Light. Deep down, I dream of a better, more heart-centered world, and I try to contribute whatever I can to that cause through my poetry and my art.”

Born and schooled in Kolkata, India, Nivedita is has been a meritorious student all her life. She completed her graduation in English (Hons.) from S. N. D. T. University, Mumbai, as a First Class First, Gold medalist. Thereafter, she went on to complete her post graduation in English from Stella Maris College, Madras University, Chennai, this time securing a First Class Second rank and a Silver medal. Years later, her undying love for academics made her acquire a second post graduation degree, this time in Psychology, making her a double M.A.

 

In 2006, Nivedita was a student delegate representing Stella Maris College, Chennai at the Katha International Asia Utsav, New Delhi, India. Her literary paper, Kolkata : A Cultural Schizophrenia won the Best Student Paper from South Asia at the same prestigious international event.

As a freelance content curator, Nivedita has rendered her services to some of the publishing giants of the country, namely Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Indianicca (formerly Britannica), S. Chand Pvt. Ltd. and more.

 

Ms. Dey is also a screenwriter for TV and Films. As a professional screenwriter and creative consultant, she possesses more than a decade of rich and diverse work experience with some of the biggest brands of the Indian television and film industry (Mumbai, Kolkata), such as Disney-Star (previously Star India Network), Shree Venkatesh Films and more. She is a registered lifetime member of the country’s one of only four screenwriters guild, the prestigious Screen Writers Association (SWA) India, based in Mumbai, India.

 

Nivedita loves reading a diverse range of poetry and prose; but she better appreciates those that are either untainted by or offering a redemption from the foreboding visions of the postmodern gloom. Some of her favourite poets are John Keats, Robert Frost, William Blake, Pablo Neruda, and Eavan Boland. Among the very many celebrated Indian poets in English, she enjoys reading Arun Kolatkar and A.K. Ramanujan. For her lighter leisure reads, she prefers intricate detective stories, historical novels and popular thrillers, her favourite authors in those genres being Agatha Christie, Saradindu Bandopadhyay and Dan Brown.

Nivedita Dey is a prolific and promising contemporary poet cum author from India, possessing a strong and unique metamodern voice that is blended and seived beautifully through her transcendental and metaphysical lens, expressed with a raw honesty, yet an uncompromising optimism.

 

Her debut poetry collection, Larkspur Lane : Branched Labyrinths of the Mind was published in 2022. In this book, she, a serious scholar of the poetic art and literature, officially introduced and elucidated on a new literary device that she has designed and applied in her works; christening it ‘complex open enjambments’.

 

Her poetry has been extensively published in several International poetry and literary journals. You can read them here. As a poet, Nivedita represented the Indian voice internationally in 2016, appearing as a only Indian guest reader at the International Beat Poetry Festival, West Virginia chapter.

 

She has also participated in some of the renowned poetry and literature festivals of her region, such as the Apeejay Kolkata Literature Festival. She has appeared as a guest reader/speaker at various prestigious literary meets and poetry events hosted by/at the Goethe Institut, Kolkata, Gorky Sadan – Russian Cultural Centre, Kolkata and more. Check out some of the snapshots of her appearances here.

Nivedita Dey’s poetic philosophy is one of Hope and Transcendental Humanism. She believes, “However dark it gets, it only makes a stronger case for the eternal and invincible presence of Light. Deep down, I dream of a better, more heart-centered world, and I try to contribute whatever I can to that cause through my poetry and my art.”
Born and schooled in Kolkata, India, Nivedita is has been a meritorious student all her life. She completed her graduation in English (Hons.) from S. N. D. T. University, Mumbai, as a First Class First, Gold medalist. Thereafter, she went on to complete her post graduation in English from Stella Maris College, Madras University, Chennai, this time securing a First Class Second rank and a Silver medal. Years later, her undying love for academics made her acquire a second post graduation degree, this time in Psychology, making her a double M.A. In 2006, Nivedita was a student delegate representing Stella Maris College, Chennai at the Katha International Asia Utsav, New Delhi, India. Her literary paper, Kolkata : A Cultural Schizophrenia won the Best Student Paper from South Asia at the same prestigious international event. As a freelance content curator, Nivedita has rendered her services to some of the publishing giants of the country, namely Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Indianicca (formerly Britannica), S. Chand Pvt. Ltd. and more. Ms. Dey is also a screenwriter for TV and Films. As a professional screenwriter and creative consultant, she possesses more than a decade of rich and diverse work experience with some of the biggest brands of the Indian television and film industry (Mumbai, Kolkata), such as Disney-Star (previously Star India Network), Shree Venkatesh Films and more. She is a registered lifetime member of the country’s one of only four screenwriters guild, the prestigious Screen Writers Association (SWA) India, based in Mumbai, India Nivedita loves reading a diverse range of poetry and prose; but she better appreciates those that are either untainted by or offering a redemption from the foreboding visions of the postmodern gloom. Some of her favourite poets are John Keats, Robert Frost, William Blake, Pablo Neruda, and Eavan Boland. Among the very many celebrated Indian poets in English, she enjoys reading Arun Kolatkar and A.K. Ramanujan. For her lighter leisure reads, she prefers intricate detective stories, historical novels and popular thrillers, her favourite authors in those genres being Agatha Christie, Saradindu Bandopadhyay and Dan Brown.

External Publications

“Labyrinth” is a confused and luxurious word, rich in metaphorical implications. Its immediate meaning is a maze, but metaphorically it could stand for an emotional knot we intend to unravel, a mental puzzle, or life’s journey itself. Dey’s collection encapsulates all these meanings, including searching for lost love as a means to return to oneself.


– Dustin Pickering

Poet, Editor at Transcendent Zero Press, World Inkers Network

Prufrock in his lovesong sees the mermaids ride seaward. What he does not see is the left behind broken seashore. Nivedita Dey, in her poems, tries to “fix with cello tape this vast broken seashore”. There are word plays, puns, enjambments, literary allusions in her poems but what is paramount is the searing honest expressions of poetry. Here she presents “an empty stretch of eternity” for you to fill with your imagination.

 

– Amit Shankar Saha
Poet, Assistant Professor at Seacom Skills University

The mind’s a maze where our deepest thoughts often crouch. Thoughts we hide even from ourselves. Nivedita’s poetry brings them out; rawest wounds are bared; the reader’s left out of breath. And then, her poems gently raise us from our hurting selves, and show us the doorway to the universe of light and hope. Larkspur Lane is a collection that speaks in a voice that’s neither sympathizing, nor judgemental. It doesn’t speak from a high pedestal. It’s a voice that we hear everyday but don’t listen to really. It’s our very own inner voice. And it tells us we’re never alone.

 

– Ananya Chatterjee
Poet, Software Professional at Oracle

Dustin Pickering
Poet, Editor at Transcendent Zero Press, World Inkers Network

The Stunning Debut Poetry Collection of Nivedita Dey

“Labyrinth” is a confused and luxurious word, rich in metaphorical implications. Its immediate meaning is a maze, but metaphorically it could stand for an emotional knot we intend to unravel, a mental puzzle, or life’s journey itself. Dey’s collection encapsulates all these meanings, including searching for lost love as a means to return to oneself.

Amit Shankar Saha
Poet, Assistant Professor at Seacom Skills University

Prufrock in his lovesong sees the mermaids ride seaward. What he does not see is the left behind broken seashore. Nivedita Dey, in her poems, tries to "fix with cello tape this vast broken seashore". There are word plays, puns, enjambments, literary allusions in her poems but what is paramount is the searing honest expressions of poetry. Here she presents "an empty stretch of eternity" for you to fill with your imagination.

Ananya Chatterjee
Poet, Software Professional at Oracle

The mind’s a maze where our deepest thoughts often crouch. Thoughts we hide even from ourselves. Nivedita’s poetry brings them out; rawest wounds are bared; the reader’s left out of breath. And then, her poems gently raise us from our hurting selves, and show us the doorway to the universe of light and hope. Larkspur Lane is a collection that speaks in a voice that’s neither sympathizing, nor judgemental. It doesn’t speak from a high pedestal. It’s a voice that we hear everyday but don’t listen to really. It’s our very own inner voice. And it tells us we’re never alone.