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Shanta Acharya reading from poetry book 'Imagine'

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Shanta Acharya reading from poetry book 'Imagine'

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New Poems

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Somewhere, Something: Shanta Acharya reading a selection of her poems

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View a poetry reading by Shanta at the Nehru Centre, London

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Dreams That Spell The Light

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Shringara

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Looking In, Looking Out

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Numbering Our Days' Illusions

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Not This, Not That

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Not This, Not That

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Not This, Not That

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Not This, Not That

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Not This, Not That

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Shanta Acharya's Books

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Shanta Acharya has the rare achievement of being published in fields as diverse as poetry, fiction, literary studies and finance.

Her latest publication is What Survives Is The Singing (Indigo Dreams Publishing, UK; 2020). Her previous books of poetry are Imagine: New and Selected Poems (HarperCollins, India; 2017), Dreams That Spell The Light (Arc Publications, UK; 2010), Shringara (2006), Looking In, Looking Out (2005), Numbering Our Days’ Illusions (1995) and Not This, Not That (1994). Her doctoral study, The Influence of Indian Thought on Ralph Waldo Emerson, appeared in 2001. Her poems, reviews and articles are published widely in journals and anthologies worldwide.

She is the author of three books on asset management — Endowment Asset Management: Investment Strategies in Oxford and Cambridge, with Elroy Dimson (Oxford University Press, UK; 2007), Asset Management: Equities Demystified (Wiley, UK; 2002) and Investing in India (Macmillan, UK; 1998). Her articles and interviews have appeared in various international publications.

Her first novel, A World Elsewhere, was published in 2015.