books written by Mohul

Seeped in the details of remembrance and translucent in memories, Mohul Bhowmick’s The Past Is Another Country vainly attempts to honour, celebrate and restore what is lost. While such erasure as may be possible in poetry is done little justice to, Bhowmick remains true to his roots with a poignant, gratifying and sincerely intimate collection of poems after a lull of three long years.

Examining the human condition seems to have become an attribute of his, as is the willingness to speak - without hushed tones - about the remnants of moments once intensely felt but now disregarded. While the dismembering of the past is perhaps the easier way out in times of such decay, Bhowmick overlooks the pain that causes pain and confronts himself with his recollections of sunnier days.

He does not shy away from looking straight into the heart of all things, as is his wont, and the result is a treatise on love, loss, grief and most of all, a time that can not be reclaimed. Treatment of such nuanced emotions has seldom been acceptable in the harsh light of society's ochre-coloured drawing rooms, but Bhowmick does not tread lightly, or carefully, in connivance with the present.

For he is also a pilgrim, weary of the mind, and incapable of seeking such knowledge as may be his privilege, who ruptures into his wounds and asks for such healing as may be possible through mere words.

Knitted by verses indulged with tempo, Mohul Bhowmick's latest offering- They Were My Heroes- is a pre-eminent contribution to the domain of Indian poetry in English. Sporadically merged with manoeuvres that carry the enterprise past the realm of common comprehension, it is laced with both joy and pain. The course of a vigorous dalliance, now ended, rears its head and in mitigation, Bhowmick probes into the anguish that he suffers. 

Like the majority of his work in poetry, this book too is semi-autobiographical; the obsessions, evasions and fixations that it unveils are a sight to behold. Coming a year after his highly acclaimed debut in travel writing, Bhowmick is back to doing what he does best- asking questions of himself with subtle nudges.

In early 2020, at the age of 21, leaving all modes of support behind, Mohul Bhowmick set out on a solo trip to Nepal. Out of this came Seeking Kathmandu, which is an acclaimed piece of travel literature. Resplendent with tales of delight and hardship as well as the magnanimity and generosity of his hosts, this book speaks in agonising detail about the pleasures and pains of solo travel.
Painting pictures with his flawless lyrical language and deep metaphysical examinations, Bhowmick takes the reader on an extremely pleasing visual journey of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, from the finesse of Kathmandu to the squalor of Bhaktapur and the grace of Pokhara. This is a travelogue like no other, albeit it being the author's first venture into non-fiction after three successful books of poetry.  

With his trademark poise, Mohul Bhowmick's third collection of poems, Soaked To The Skin, makes abstruse revelations and stoops as low as to catch the reader unawares about its deeper significance. Laying bare the threads that hold human relationships together and what goes on in keeping them cemented, there are also recurring allusions at what happens once they come unglued.  Bhowmick glides through various personae and panoramas, establishing for himself a particular style of imagery which cannot be matched for its precision. The environment with which he comes into regular contact is brutally examined and an aftertaste of intellectual propensity left behind.

 Looking straight into the heart of most things, Mohul's careful and circumspect meditations on matters which plague the human continent were well depicted in This Means War. In An Audience Of One, Mohul's free-flowing style marries into obstinacy and produces an offspring almost as tenacious, if not more. There are allusions to John Keats and the Romantic movement of English literature, but it steers well clear of well-devised norms or patterns. 

  This Means War is the debut book of Indian poet Mohul Bhowmick. A collection of poems which deals with a wide range of issues pertaining to human emotions, fragility, hope and despair, this book will take you on a journey of self-discovery and looking at the world through the poet's eyes in a way that you had never thought about. This Means War is a collection of poems in a wide array of selection and areas that hit and tug at the human heart.