The much-awaited new poetry anthology 100 Great Indian Poems is finally published (by Bloomsbury) and ready for orders. The poems were selected from the Indian poetry written over 3000 years in 27 languages. From Punjabi, my poem “Kalli” is included along with Surjit Patar’s “My Poem”. A poem by Amrita Pritam, could not be included because of copyright issues. Another poet of Punjabi origin, Gulzar, is also included though he doesn’t write in Punjabi. The anthology is in English and includes selections from the Vedas and the Upanishads and several other classics. The 100 poets include Kalidasa, Mirza Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir, Rabindranath Tagore, Kabir, Amir Khusrau, Mirabai, Jayanta Mahapatra, Kunwar Narain, Dilip Chitre, Mangalesh Dabral, Keki Daruwalla, K. Satchidanandan, Namdeo Dhasal and other modern poets including Abhay k. who is also the editor of the anthology -salute to Abhay’s monumental undertaking. The anthology is already on the best-seller list of www.amazon.in. It’s not yet available outside India.