Poet. Entrepreneur
Work
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The Cardiff Review
March 2020
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Arpit's poem 'Almancil', about a family holiday in Portugal, was published by The Cardiff Review.
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You can read the poem online here. There is a also a recording of Arpit reading the poem.
What we say is home
​Arpit's debut poetry pamphlet
February 2020
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Published by the award-winning publisher, Broken Sleep Books, this is a collection of poems about Arpit's time growing up in India – the people, places, experiences that mattered then – refracted through the 15+ years he has spent in the UK.
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"This is a very promising debut, entrancing in its pungent detail, which is put to the service of straightforward and movingly tender poems" – Jacob Polley
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Get a copy from the publisher, here. You can also buy from Amazon UK and Amazon US.
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Read the launch party report here.
Under the Radar
September 2019
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Arpit's poem 'Arranged Marriage', was published in Issue 24 of Under the Radar magazine.
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Get a copy of the magazine here.
Bridges
An Anthology
December 2018
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A few of Arpit's poems were published in Bridges, an anthology featuring works of students of MA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing Poetry at Newcastle University.
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You can read Arpit's ekphrastic poem, 'Neuro-Mandala', from the collection here. The poem takes inspiration from a painting by the artist Anjali. B. Purkayastha.
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You can buy the anthology here.
Hypha
My longest poem
From April 2020
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Innovation is poetry.
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In April 2020 I co-founded and now run a London-based startup, Hypha. Hypha is a new Innovation Intelligence Platform that unifies knowledge, data, insights, resources and strategy to drive growth.
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Read more about the venture here.