Flight of the Angsana Oriole – A Soaring Meditation on Self and Solitude

Mitali Chakravarty’s Flight of the Angsana Oriole is a lyrical odyssey where metaphors take wing and memory entwines with myth. In this evocative collection, the yellow-winged chariots of imagination lift everyday moments into realms of introspective wonder. The vines become stairways, the skies a theatre of emotion—love, betrayal, loss—all unraveling through poems steeped in contemplative grace.

Chakravarty’s voice carries the ache of Chekhovian silence and the weariness of Trojan fate, yet it is never static. Her verses rise from the ruins of routine, forging a quiet rebellion that moves toward clarity and calm. Cascading with surreal imagery and restrained longing, these poems shape an itinerary of the soul—each one a step deeper into the unknowable self.

With elegiac restraint and a subtle symphonic rhythm, Flight of the Angsana Oriole doesn’t just invite the reader to reflect—it dares them to ascend.