The Map is Not the Territory (Poems)

“This debut collection embraces the cacophony of the street and the elegance of the dhrupad concert. Assured in their tonality, Aranya’s poems are magically alive to colour, texture, taste and timbre. They resonate with a yearning for those larger and mysterious dimensions of experience that lie beyond the weave of words and images.”
Ranjit Hoskote

“These poems, which come from the cusp of flight and possession, light and ‘fungal haze’, found lists and an earthworm’s life, are indeed a map, a map of delightful waywardness.”
Sumana Roy

“Surprisingly fluid, consciously disobedient and impossibly plural, the world of Aranya’s poems absorbs everything—it both touches and is, in turn, touched by multiple, lingering presences. It is both staggeringly singular and deeply choral. You will be profoundly moved by its vast simultaneities, and enraptured by its teeming multitudes.”
Kunjana Parashar 

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Aranya is a poet, currently based in Delhi, a place to which he doesn’t belong. He is the editor of Poetly, a newsletter that curates poetry, along with commentaries that contextualise works within contemporary sociocultural discourses and artistic practice. He is also the founding editor of ArteSpace, an online art magazine set up in partnership with Gallery Espace (New Delhi).