“Ever since “Leaves of Grass” first appeared in 1855, we find Walt Whitman simultaneously falsely imitated and truly manifesting in America. Who would have thought that his latest local incarnation would be in the body and the soul of an exceptional woman born in Gaya, Bihar, India, where the Buddha experienced Enlightenment? Yet here he is. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis’s Bare Soul is a rapturous ‘Song of Herself’ erupting in a time and space…” ~ Jack Foley, Poet and Author of Grief Songs & The Tiger & Other Tales.
"Her verse may remind the reader of Rumi, the Sufis, and mystics – but Rumi, the Sufis, and mystics in fine English, with an ear for its native rhythms. Her lines bear only a vague reminiscence, "echoing" these masters as one might repeat the details of a dream upon awakening. For Kalpna's voice is as original and cross-cultural as it is universal and classic." ~ Jennifer Reeser, Poet and Author of "Indigenous," "An Alabaster Flask," "Sonnets from the Dark Lady," & "The Lalaurie Horror."
Kalpna Singh-Chitnis's poetry is ladened with original thoughts, the spontaneity of expression, and sublimity. Her poetic myth and philosophy are self-created and universal to the core. She writes with the truthfulness of emotions influenced by an intuitive whiz, creative piquancy, and true pre-requisites of poetry from her inner self. - Naseer Ahmed Nasir, Poet & Author of "A Man Outside History."
"While listening to your voice, I look into your eyes. Kalpna, you are an ocean, I can never touch the bottom, taste the fullness of your water. Endless is your variety, in expressions, in the paradox, which can be understood only with the soul." ~ Ingrid Henzler (Author and Artist, Italy) ________________________________________________________________________ "Kalpna's poetry transcends the boundaries of literary analysis, soaring above the need to categorize or dissect, or label with names as much of English literature is approached. Her words point to the potential we all have to be real, daring, courageous and utterly transparent" ~ Amata Natassa Goldie, Poet and Author of the "The Golden Thread Book."

Latest News and Updates

"Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava," (River Paw Press, 2023) a poetry collection by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, with its Ukrainian translation by Volodymyr Tymchuk, a poet and Lieutenant Colonel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been named a finalist at the 14th Annual "International Book Awards." "Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace," (River Paw Press, 2022), curated and edited by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis has been shortlisted at the 17th Annual National Indie Excellence® Awards. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis' poems from her award-winning book "Bare Soul" and her poetry film "River of Songs," written and directed by her, will travel to the Moon. Her poems included in the "Nova collection" of the Lunar Codex Time Capsule will launch with SpaceX "Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander mission to Oceanus Procellarum" and her short film "River of Songs" included in the "Polaris Collection," of the Lunar Codex Time Capsule, will travel with SpaceX "Astrobotic Griffin lander, NASA VIPER rover" mission to the Lunar South Pole in 2023.

"The Tree" wins the Best Experimental Short Film Award at the North Dakota Environmental Rights Film Festival, screens at America's Oldest Film Fest, "Columbus International Film and Animation Festival, and receives an Honorable Jury Mention Award at "Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival."

"The Tree," written and directed by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is also the winner of "The Best Environmental Film Award" at "Crown Wood International Film Festival" and "Gangtok International Film Festival" in June 2022. "The Tree" has been officially selected at several film festivals, including Maui Film Festival, Near Nazareth Film Festival (Israel) and the "Cinema e Ambiente Avezzano" film festival in Italy, supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture. AWP NEWS ––– "Creative Activism in Words and Action: Writers and Activists at the United Nations" panel discussion at 2022 AWP with Rachel Bowen Pittman, Christopher Merrill, Dunya Mikhail, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis & Megha Sood has concluded. Download the panelists' statements at- lifeandlegends(dot)com/events/2022-event/