Dash | Nikhil Nath

A dash of vinegar,
a touch of olive

and proven spices
rent the air,

walking, past
Park Street,

is where you
feel a touch

of the British hangover
as if, the city

desperately wants
to hang on to

its colonial cousin.

Nikhil has been writing poetry for eighteen years. He has been published in various magazine in India, the USA and the UK. Nikhil Nath is his pen name. He lives and works from Kolkata, India. “Write rubbish, but write”, said Virginia Woolf. This is Nikhil’s maxim for writing.
Allegro, Aji, Ink salt and Tears, Laughing Dog (Poem of the Month), Ehanom, Ithica Lit, Germ Magazine, Leaves of Ink, Linden Avenue and Pif Magazine have recently accepted his work. In India Nikhil has been published in The Statesman, Kolkata, Calcutta Plus Economic Times, The Blitz, Femina etc…