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Gender	Male
Occupation	Service
Location	New Delhi, Delhi, India
Introduction	Born 14.1.1953 at Lucknow (U.P. India) & a Post-graduate in Ancient Indian History and Archaeology, I have been writing poems especially haiku for the last 25 years. Presently working on a collection of my poems. Also involved in the translation of folk songs of Garhwal(Uttarakhand),medieval Hindi poets, Kabir, Raidas and Surdas,modern Hindi poets like Ajneya, Trilochan and Leeladhar Jagoodi, and Urdu poets like Mir,Ghalib and Firaq Gorakhpuri. Work has appeared on a number of websites. Have also written a monograph on 'Sports/Games in Ancient Indian Art and Archaeology' and working on a thesis 'Urbanisation under the Mauryas'. A translation of Kabir poems (The Target is Behind the Sky- Fifty Poems of Kabir) published by Low Price Publications, Delhi, Feb 2012 (available at discounted price on Home Shoppe18.com, shipping in India free).
Interests	reading,writing, poetry, haiku, history, art and culture.
Favorite movies	The Guns of Navarone, Titanic, Gunga Jamuna (Hindi)
Favorite music	light classical
Favorite books	The Upanishads, Bhagvadgita, Bhajans of Kabir, Diwan-e-Ghalib,Gitanjali, Les Miserables, Godaan.