The Golden Treasury of Indo Anglian Poetry by V.K. Gokak: A Short Note

Hareshwar Roy,
 The Golden Treasury of Indo Anglian Poetry is a very popular collection of poems. It has been edited by Vinayak Krishna Gokak. Gokak is an eminent author of Karnataka. He is a scholar of English as well as Kannada literature. He received Jnanpith Award for his outstanding contribution to literature in 1990.
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    The Golden Treasury of Indo Anglian Poetry is a collection of English verse written by Indian authors. It includes selected poems of all the eminent Indian poets. In this collection the following poems of Kamala Das have been taken. Those poems are as follows:
01. The Dance of the Eunuchs
02. In Love
03. An Introduction
Some beautiful poems of Sarojini Naidu also have been taken. Those poems are as follows:
01. The Queen's Rival
02. To My Fairy Francis
03. The Pardah Nashin
04. Village Song
05. Awake
06. Summer Woods
07. If You Call Me
08. Caprice
09. The Soul's Prayer
10. Songs of Radha - Kanhaya
11. Songs pf Radha - The Quest
12. The Bird Sanctuary
Hareshwar Roy
Location: B-37, City Homes Colony, Jawahar Nagar Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India
Currently Dr. Roy is working as Professor of English at Govt. P.G. College Satna, Madhya Pradesh. He is the author of the following books: (1) Diasporic Articulation in the Novels of M.G. Vassanji (2) A Study of M.G. Vassanji 's Novels (3) Varieties of Indianity in the Works of M.G. Vassanji & Rohinton Mistry (4)Diaspora & Indian Diaspora: A Brief Study (5) Short Notes of English Literature - I (6) Short Notes of English Literature - II (7) हमार पहचान ह भोजपुरी - भोजपुरी कविता संकलन (8) हमरा प्यार हो गइल - भोजपुरी गज़ल संकलन (9) भोजपुरी कविताएँ

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