RE-SURGING

About the Book

RE-SURGING by Venilla Rajaguru A literary volume of 101 poems A Poetry Classic! A worthy Perennial! This literary volume is on the grand theme of resurgence in life and love. Universal in thematic appeal, these eclectic poems tackle various moods, sentiments, and experience: burgeoning quests; resurfacing of socio-technical issues; rebounding social practices; and emotional explorations of love, loss, and revival of the Self. The poetic renditions span the sociological, philosophical, and metaphysical dimensions of our human experience. Every poem in this volume is composed to excellent literary standards of meter, rhythm, and rhyme, promising a delightful read. Venilla Rajaguru displays remarkable mastery of metaphorical stylistics in verse. She excels in social satire just as in her philosophical mode. Her love poems are evocatively sensuous, yet interweaving higher dimensions of communion. Her poems are brilliantly crafted with a story telling approach, and often imbued with a dramatic effect. Her narrative style is captivating. A definite Perennial of literary charm and value.

About the Author

Venilla Rajaguru is a poet by nature, a scholar by training, and an entrepreneur by practice. She is the former editorial lead of British Council India Communications; and has also edited two English Studies journals for the Council (1995-97). Later, she served as the pioneering Chairwoman of the ASEAN Women's Wing office based at the ASEAN Secretariat, helping develop and implement Community Outreach programs for women and children (2009-2011). She read English Literature at the University of Oxford as Rhodes Scholar 1992. Almost two decades later, she pursued postgraduate studies in International Development (Cornell, U.S.), and Science and Technology Studies in the history and sociology of Innovation (York University, Canada). Her own doctoral research is on the Pacific issues of artificial islands. While at York University, she concurently served as the first Chair of the Ocean Frontiers Research working group under Science for Peace, Canada (2015-2020). In 2021 she founded a consulting company KeyVisory, LLC in the U.S., for helping individual artists and businesses in branding, research, and intellectual property software solutions. She now spends her time between her creative writing projects, academic research writings, and her consulting practice.