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She has played a leading role in the activities of ‘Loquations’, a poetry reading group in Mumbai and has hosted several Kshitij mehfil-s at her Mumbai residence.

Speaking about her work, poet Adil Jussawalla says: ‘These are poems that make me look again. Small details stand out in expanses of land, building and sea- a shell, a hammock, a kettle – imbued in their finely crafted setting with an iridescence of their own. Jane Bhandari handles each experience with poise and skill, even the most disturbing being brought to a sudden close.

Poet, Hindustani vocalist and Kshitij Core Group member Anand Thakore describes her work in the following terms: ‘With her trained painter’s eye, and a fine sense of visual composition, Jane Bhandari Sketches life with precision and inventiveness. Her poems are solid, earthy and firmly rooted, though paradoxically, they emerge from a sense of belonging nowhere, of being neither Indian nor British. Her sense of displacement leaves much room for celebration, for she is a poet who has learned, over the years, the art of looking at her immediate environment and finding it interesting in itself.’

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