A Slow Train To Gwalior

Dr. Amitabh Mitra is an Orthopaedic Surgeon / Aviation Medicine Expert in a busy hospital in East London, South Africa. A widely published poet in the web and print, Amitabh has been hailed as one of the most popular Indian poet writing in English today by the Skyline Literary Review, New York.Amitabh, now settled in South Africa uses his experience of social interaction and cultural impact from countries like India, Bhutan and Zimbabwe where he worked under varying conditions, in his art and poetry.A powerful voice dispersing a reverie of time and heritage, his love poems with a backdrop of feudal Gwalior and Delhi takes you on a sentimental journey to old family homes, forts and palaces where he grew up.His unique style of fusing words into almost lyrical dream like images, exploring muted corners of life taken over by a suddenrushhourtime, Amitabh brings forth poetry that seem to peep from behind veils and shadows, waylaid in a mind state in Johannesburg and New York, all merging in an unforgettable ecstatic experience.His first book of poems was published in 1980 under the title of Ritual Silences.Dr. Mitra figures in the International Roster of Physician Poets, a massive roster of ancient and contemporary poets / writers maintained by Dr. Daniel Bryant and assisted by Dr. Suzanne Poirer, Professor of Literature and Medical Education, University of Illinois, USA.  A Slow Train to Gwalior is a CD of his ten most popular poems recited against a background of African and Indian traditional music. Brought out by Harp Records, South Africa, this poetry CD weaves a desire into a steady pattering of rain, a voice that would almost allure you to yet another stealth of a strangertime.His first show of poems, drawings, visuals and prints, juxtaposition of words, lines and colors was on show at The Ann Bryant Art Gallery, St. Marks Road, East London, South Africa from 12 July to 28 July 2005.