We love Roy, because she makes trees come to life, and gives character to fruits. Her most recent collections, How I Became A Tree and Out of Syllabus, are handbooks to mindfulness. And, if you follow her on Facebook, she keeps surprising you with her skill in language, rhyme and inspiration. We were enchanted by Jackfruit, which was published in the Berfrois anthology, where she compares the fruit to Buddha's head. "...dots, mounds, spikes - his curls, as in the Gandharva statues."

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Akhil Katyal

Katyal is, by far, one of the finest poets tackling contemporary issues. We were fortunate to read Katyal's How Many Countries Does The Indus Cross months before it was published. Here, he tackles the issues of border, identity, religion, conflict and more. You will be moved by The Incredible India J&K Tourism Video, in which he writes: "I suppose the most crucial role here is the editor's; so damn difficult to keep the dead out. To keep the green of the hills... and still, to keep the red out."

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