Who we are

EDITORS–

Rati Saxena – Poet/ Translator/ Editor (kritya) / Director Poetry festivals –kritya and Vedic scholar. She has 16 collections of poetry in he cradit( Hindi and English. Her work has been translated in to Malayalam, Marathi, Kannada , English and international languages like- Italian, Estonian, and Serbian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Turkey and English translated by other poets. Her poems have been translated in many mor international languages like Chinese, Albanian, Uzbek, Indonesian , German etc. She has written five travelogues in Hindi and two Memoir in English and Hindi. One a criticism on the work of famous Malayalam Poet Balamaniyamma’s work. Her study on the Atharvaveda has been published as “The Seeds of the Mind- a fresh approach to the study of Atharvaveda” under the fellowship of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts. She has translated about 15 Malayalam works, both prose and poetry, into Hindi and two poetry books of Norwegian poets , one each from Welsh, Vietnamese and serbarian languages. Along this he work on  Indology is  वैदिक साहित्य का पुनर्विवेचन, Cosmological Equation and GOD, with special reference to early Vedic Literature‍ ‍ (Under Publication), Death, who created the world And other stories (Upanishad Mythology)

Her important work about Poetry therapy- book in poetry therapy- A fist which opens – a poetry therapy from distant past to present future and Tao in intensive care. She has a number of articles published regarding Indology in a number of journals. She has been invited for poetry reading in more than 40 prestigious poetry festivals around the world, among some are very popular e.g., The Struga Poetry Evening (Macedonia)( 2010) the prestigious poetry festival in Medellin -Colombia (2011 and 2014),, 10th Edition of “ Ritratti di Poesia” Feb 2016 and China’s Moon Festival and Shanghai book fair. She is the only Indian participant in some imp poetry festivals like Iran’s Fajr Poetry Festival, Iran (2014) , International Istanbul Poetry Festival (IIPF) Turkey (2014), 4th international Eskisehir Poetry Festival Türkiye (2014). And a Special poetry reading in A Caruna , Spain ( 2015), Poetry reading at Foundation Vicente Risco, at Allariz ( Spain). She has also been invited to some American Universities like Mary Mount University in Los Angeles and University of Seattle ( USA) to talk on Vedic poetry and recite her own poetry. Her poem was poem been chosen in popular book of China “110 modern poems of the world”) 2015, ” Her poem was also part of space mission by Jaxa, Japan, along with 24 other poems. In 2002 . She was also artist in Former Artist-in-residence at Ebenboeckhaus Munichand Artist-in-residence at Künstlerhaus Villa Waldberta and China_ a 600 hundred years old village

Her translated books in other languages are -‘Ottos barre A Una Finestra’ (Italian), by Federico Federici, edizioni di cantarena, 2008, Genova.,‘Rogha Danta’, (Irish), Translated by Gabriel Rosenstock. hoianpihus Kardemonikupraid (Estonian) -Translated by Margus Lattic, Mathura2015 ,Mo Duoc Song Vung Dat Khac (Vietnamese) translated by Pham Van Binh Dich 2015,Dos poetas en una -“Selected poems” (Rati Saxena/Kenia Martínez), 2017,Colection: “Two poets on” (Dos poetas en una), Publishing house: “Heart of mango” (Corazón de mango),Editor: Beatriz Vanegas Athias-2016( Spanish ),РАМ ЗА СЛИКЕ–( 2017) Published by Poetry festival,Smederevoۥs poet autumn , Translated by Dragan Dragojlovic, Rati Saxena, Degisiyor Zaman- Turkish Translation by Baris Behramoglu.2021,Rati Saxena’s poems, – in Uzbekistani by Azam Abidov– Under publication

Her awards include a fellowship from the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (2004-5), the Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation (2001), the State Bank of Travancore Award for Poetry (2001), Naji Naaman’s Literary Prizes (International) for a complete work (2016), the DJS Translation Award for Chinese poetry (2018; DJS is the acronym in Chinese of Emily Dickinson’s name) and special award in the first Crete International Poetry Festival for her poetry, 2019, the Rajasthan Patrika prize for best poem (2020),Poet of Year Award of 5th Boao International Poetry Award, Grand silver medal LIFFT –Euresia 2023, RAJASTHAN Sahitya Akedemi’s highest award (Academy of letters) – Meera Puraskar 2023. Kerala Sahitiya Akedemi’s –samagra sahitya Purskar – 2024. and Amrit Samman – Rahi Foundation-2026

She is founder and editor of the first bilingual web journal kritya, which started in 2005, and founder and festival director of kritya poetry festival which is active from 2005 onwards.

She is one of the Founder member and Asian Coordinator Of the World Poetry Movement. Member of the journal’s editorial board-Multilingual Journal of Literature and Opto-Art “WürZarT,”and Member of scientific board Canzoniere, an international book-cd series devoted to poetry with music

Art Director-

Edina Barna is a poet, visual artist and designer, a recipient of a Government of India scholarship in design. Her work has appeared in various print and online publications.

Rashi Rasheed is a trained engineer who joined Kritya in 2017.
Although a voracious reader she was introduced into poetry only recently. She has taken a liking towards it ever since.

East & West, Kritya Poetry for Peace-

Co-Organiser -Moderator

Kamalakar Bhat is a Professor in the Postgraduate Department of English and Research Centre at Ahmednagar College, Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra. A bilingual writer and translator working between English, Hindi, Marathi, and Kannada, he has published four collections of poems in Kannada. His poems have been published in AGNI, Indian Literature, Muse India, The Wise Owl, The Parcham, The Teesta Review, The Antonym, Litterateur, Outlook, Kritya, Chandrabhaga and Anam; and also in anthologies World Poetry Yearbook 2025, Yearbook of Indian Poetry 2024, Earth and Embers: South Asia in Verse, River of Songs: The Chandrabhaga Poetry Anthology, Scent of Rain: Remembering Jayant Mahapatra, among others. His poetry has been translated into Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Croatian and Korean.

His translation of the works of the Marathi poet Namdeo Dhasal, “Namadev Dhasal Vachike”, was published in 2018. An anthology of poetry translated from ten Indian languages, titled, “Akkapakkada Pataragitti”, appeared in 2021. His co-translation of the Marathi poet Hemant Divate’s poetry, titled “Nakali Digilu”, was published in 2024. His Kannada translation of the Hindi poet Ashok Vajpeyi’s poetry, titled “Ee Lokadolagina Ananta Lokagalu”, appeared in 2025. In January 2026, two translated collections were published: the poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra, titled “Munjaneya Mithya”, translated from English, and the poetry of Rati Saxena titled, “Neeli Kagadada Mele Gulabi Kanasu”, translated from Hindi.

He edited The Word in the World, a collection of lectures and essays by H. S. Shivaprakash, published by Manipal Universal Press in 2019 and internationally by Routledge in 2024. He has also co-edited Sangam, an anthology of world poetry (Sankathana Press, Mandya, 2023), and edited In the Light of Shiva, a selection of H. S. Shivaprakash’s English poems (Red River, New Delhi, 2024).

His latest book, Courtesy of Criticism: Selected Essays of Kirtinath Kurtkoti, has been published by Penguin Random House India. His forthcoming volume of translation (from Westland Books) is the tatvapadas of the nineteenth-century Kannada Sufi-bhakti poet Shishunala Sharif into English. Another forthcoming work is the translation of the essays of M.S. Ashadevi into English by Manipal University Press.

Bhat has translated several modern Kannada writers, with his translations appearing in Indian Literature, Muse India, Cesura, The Bombay Literary Magazine, Indian Cultural Forum, Outlook, Guftagu, Yapanchitra, Chandrabhaga, Muse India, The Wheel Wagon, and Prologue among other places. He edited a special issue of The Bangalore Review on “Writing against Spectacle” published in July 2026. He has also translated poetry from English, Marathi, Hindi, and Urdu into Kannada, many of which have appeared in leading Kannada literary magazines. He has guest edited The Bangalore Literary Review (July 2026). He is one of the coordinators of the “Kritya Poetry East and West”.

He has contributed columns to Kannada magazines and published over forty research papers in national and international academic journals and edited volumes. His essays and reviews have appeared in Indian Literature, Muse India, Outlook, The Wire.in, Scroll.in, Kitaab.org, The Bangalore Review, The Book Review, and Seminar. He has been invited to the Bangalore Literature Festival; Kerala International Literature Festival, Thrissur; Vishwaranga Literature Festival, Bhopal; Mumbai Poetry Festival; Gadyopadyo Poetry Meet, Kolkata; Book Brahma Literature Festival, Bangalore, Kerala Literature Festival, Kozhikod, and SSF Sahityotsav, Kerala. 

In recognition of his creative writing, he has received the PUTINA Award (2006) and the B. H. Shridhar Award (2023). He received the Mozhi Prize for Translation in 2024.

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Translation-

बृजेश सिंह द्विभाषी कवि, अनुवादक तथा काव्य-संग्रह ‘अपने-अपने कैनवास’ के रचयिता हैं। लखनऊ विश्वविद्यालय से विधि प्रबंधन (Law Management) में स्नातकोत्तर सिंह वर्तमान में उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार में सेवारत हैं। ‘कृत्या (Kritya) की संपादकीय टीम के सदस्य हैं।

Sanju Paul

Sanju Paul is her pen name, original being Sanjeev Kumari Paul. She is a veterinarian by profession and a poet and an artist by passion. She belongs to Himachal Pradesh (India) and has been involved in multiple projects of literary, artistic as well as scientific temperaments ranging from very local to global ones. She has also developed an artistic technique of carved and washed paintings using discard PVC sheets as canvas and tooth pick paintings on canvas. Pen sketching is another art form she uses to express herself. In addition, she also has a short film named “Catharsis” and interview film “The Petrichor” to her credit. Presently she is involved with her art studio “Sanjupaul’s Art Residence” along with her routine life.