Madhushala

by Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Dr Harivansrai Bachchan is India's leading Hindi poet - a confidante of the Nehrus. His son is India's best-known cinema superstar - Amitabh Bachchan. The core of this book is a long sequence called Madhushala (the house of wine) which could be compared to the Rubaiyat in imagery and metre.

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