IAS Officer Neha Bansal launches poetry collection ‘Six of Cups’ in Delhi

New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): A book titled ‘Six of Cups’, a collection of poems written by Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Neha Bansal, was released by prominent academician, poet and author professor Malashri Lal at India Habitat Center on Saturday.

The occasion was graced by the presence of poet Rajorshi Patranabis, publishers Kiriti Sengupta and Bitan Chakraborty, Professor Purushottam Agarwal, poet Suman Keshari, Professor Bijaylakshmi Nanda (Principal of Miranda House), Amarendra Khatua (retired IFS), and Misna Chanu.

In the event, Bansal, a 2010 batch IAS officer, currently posted as Commissioner in Department of Food Safety of the Delhi government, shared her idea behind writing the collection of poems that symbolises nostalgia for the good old days. She has put down life-based events in the form of a book of poems. She said that these poems will take one back to childhood times when there was playful rivalry between siblings, inexhaustible love for parents and grandparents, and many other emotions.

The book has been published by renowned publisher Hawakal, and it is also available on Amazon for readers to refresh their golden memories of the past.

Titled ‘Six of Cups,’ which is a minor arcana card in a traditional tarot deck that symbolises nostalgia for the good old days, this collection of poems is an ode to the evocative remembrance of sepia-tinged memories, both collective and individual. These memories give a sense of rootedness in an increasingly alienating world.

Poems like “Good Old Doordarshan,” “Sibling Squabbles,” and “Supernatural” are light-hearted but stir up memories that will make anyone smile. Other poems like “My Grandpa’s Stories,” “Festival Of Lights,” “Paper Boat,” “Birthday Parties,” and “Mint Chutney” evoke a sense of hiraeth for past homes and hearths we can’t go to.

Six of Cups is a perfect read for readers who want to take a trip down memory lane and re-live those memories of the past that make us who we are today.