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from The Stars are his Bones
Debiprasad Mukherjee & Gabriel Rosenstock

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since there is nothing else
but myself
of what am I afraid?

everything that moves
breathes, opens, and closes…
lives in the Self

the gods love
what is mysterious…
what is evident they dislike

Photography by Debiprasad Mukherjee.
“Found haiku” from early translations of the Upanishads by Gabriel Rosenstock.

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Debiprasad Mukherjee  is an Indian freelance documentary photographer currently based out of London. He strongly believes that as a documentary photographer, it is his responsibility to showcase the social changes and its impact on human race and he is committed to leverage photography as the most powerful tool to capture the social changes & behaviors across the globe over the years. Debiprasad was the convener of the first Kolkata International Photography Festival, represented World Climate Summit Madrid 2019 as Global Carbon Ambassador and author of “Sound of Silence”. His strong passion for documentary photography & visual journalism made him travel to various countries like India, Australia, Indonesia, France, Spain, China, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, UK, Iraq, Qatar, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia and USA. He exhibited his works in more than 20 countries and published in 15+ international magazines & websites. Debi is winner of many international awards & honorable mentions from 32 countries across the continents. He was key member of Indo-China cultural collaboration team that represented India at Lishui Photo Festival, China.
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Gabriel Rosenstock was born in postcolonial Ireland. He is a bilingual poet, tankaist, haikuist, translator, short story writer, novelist, playwright, essayist and, to borrow a phrase from Hugh MacDiarmid, ‘a champion of forlorn causes’. Previous collaborative work with Debiprasad Mukherjee has appeared in The Irish Times, The Culturium and Margutte (See Ekphrastic Collaborations in Mukherjee’s website). Rosenstock is a member of Aosdána (The Irish academy of Arts & Letters), a Lineage Holder of Celtic Buddhism and a recipient of the Tamgha-i-Khidmat medal for services to literature. He has edited and contributed to books of haiku in Irish, English, Scots and Japanese. He is a prolific translator into Irish of international poetry, plays and songs. He also has singable Irish translations of Lieder and other art songs.  Gabriel Rosenstock’s website →

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