{"title":"MUKUL KUMAR","description":"\u003cp\u003eMUKUL KUMAR\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lost-in-the-love-maze","title":"Lost In The Love Maze","description":"\u003cp\u003eMihir is suave and intense, while Suresh is mathematically programmed. Jyoti is ethereal while Sheetal is explosive. This foursome-three newly minted bureaucrats and an academic-find themselves caught up in the labyrinth of requited and unrequited love.In the course, two contrasting shades of love emerge, one tempered by the ideal of sacrifice, and another powered by the fierce determination for possession. But as they say, destiny has a penchant for deceiving desire. 'Lost in the Love Maze' is a spellbinding matrix of love, duty, ambition and passion.ABOUT THE AUTHORMukul Kumar is a bureaucrat, novelist, and poet. He is a civil servant belonging to the 1997 batch of the Indian Railway Traffic Service. His published works include three novels: ‘As Boys Become Men,’ ‘Seduction by Truth,’ and ‘Aarzoo-Arshan’ (e-book). He has also released three poetry anthologies: ‘The Irrepressible Echoes,’ ‘Catharsis,’ and ‘Rhythm of the Ruins.’ ‘Lost in the Love Maze’ is Mukul’s fourth fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44784633872563,"sku":"9789395106122","price":260.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/9789395106122.jpg?v=1762792470"},{"product_id":"seduction-by-truth","title":"Seduction By Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44785086824627,"sku":"9789387457621","price":280.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/9789387457621.jpg?v=1762795454"},{"product_id":"catharsis","title":"Catharsis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI feel ecstatic in offering my second poetry collection Catharsis in a new avatar to the poetry lovers. It’s a rarity for a poetry book to get a second chance, but the success of my latest poetry collection Rhythm of the Ruins inspired me to republish it, as I believe that the book is yet to meet its destiny. As the cover conveys, this collection got wide acclaim across the media, which was immensely satisfying.\u003cbr\u003e\nYes, ‘Catharsis’! That’s the feeling writing poetry affords me. Through my poetic journey, I am coming to realise that catharsis is the eternal language of my bliss.\u003cbr\u003e\nThough this book is a multi-thematic collection, it has quite a few poems that pulsate with humanitarian concern. I hope the poems find an echo in my readers, and are able to, as the German poet Novalis says, heal their wounds inflicted by reason.\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMukul Kumar is a civil servant, novelist, and poet. He belongs to the 1997 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service. Presently, he is working in the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways.\u003cbr\u003e\nHis published works include three novels, As Boys Become Men, Seduction by Truth, and Lost in the Love Maze, and two poetry anthologies, The Irrepressible Echoes and Rhythm of the Ruins. Mukul has translated his debut English fiction, As Boys Become Men into Hindi, which has been published as Aarohi by Prabhat Prakashan.\u003cbr\u003e\nMukul has been honoured with the National Award for outstanding service to the Indian Railways, the Bharat Nirman Award for literary excellence by the Bharat Nirman Foundation, and Poorvanchal Gaurav Samman. His latest poetry collection Rhythm of the Ruins achieved the distinction of being recommended for Sahitya Akademi Award, 2024. This third collection, Catharsis, which was published earlier, is now in its new avatar. Endorsements:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This collection of poems projects different dimensions of the poet's sensibility. While poems such as Epiphany are reflective in nature and become confessional in their tone, there are also poems that seem experimental. Using a rather playful expression, the poem The Street Acrobat for example is a convincing experiment in using imagery that can jostle one into a rather surreal, nightmarish experience. The Beggar offers a well-conceived poetic experience in a condensed form when the clatter of stones in the empty bowl of the beggar leaves a strong impact on the reader's consciousness!”\u003cbr\u003e\n-Sukrita Paul Kumar\u003cbr\u003e\n“Catharsis may be the food you were looking for your soul. It is engaging in its understated ways.”\u003cbr\u003e\n-Frontline (The Hindu)\u003cbr\u003e\n“For lovers of poetry, Catharsis is a must-read. The purity and pristineness of the poems that make up the book will lead to the release of strong emotions for sure.”\u003cbr\u003e\n-Times of India\u003cbr\u003e\n“Reading a good poem helps you calm down, collect your thoughts channel your creative energy and call forth your gifts. Catharsis offers such a window to the lovers of poetry.”\u003cbr\u003e\n-Indian literature (Sahitya Akademi)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45082469171379,"sku":"9789392210778","price":792.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/71SAkSB8jvL.jpg?v=1762902686"},{"product_id":"rhythm-of-the-ruins","title":"Rhythm Of The Ruins","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMukul Kumar is a civil servant, novelist and poet. A 1997 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service officer, he is presently working in New Delhi. He has studied Humanities at Delhi University and Public Administration at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. His published works include three novels, As Boys Become Men, Seduction by Truth and Aarzo-Arshan (e-book), and two poetry anthologies, The Irrepressible Echoes and Catharsis. Rhythm of the Ruins is his third poetry collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the bookPoetry is truly said to be a rhythmical creation of beauty; a beauty that emanates from enchantment and hideousness, ecstasy and agony, castles and ruins. But the redemptive bliss from the poetic phenomenon of ruins assuming rhythm is a divine experience. As I present this work, my sensibility rings with words of Oscar Wilde – ‘The artist is the creator of beautiful things…. No greater artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111165255859,"sku":"9789392210044","price":396.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/71nSo_jAw7L.jpg?v=1762905600"}],"url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/collections\/mukul-kumar.oembed","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}