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SOUL SISTER
THE INDIAN EXPRESS, DELHI - DEC 11, 2004
   

WHEN she goes underground, she simply disappears. But when she comes overground, she’s suddenly everywhere. Actor Deepti Naval has come out with her second book of poems, this time in English. Titled Black wind and Other Stories (MapinLit’Rs250), this collection follows Naval’s 1982 Hindi book Lamha Lamha. It comes within weeks of her paintings appearing at exhibitions in the Capital. At a recent book-reading session in the city Naval said: “The first section of the book is about my impressions of life, and the second about my experiences in a mental asylum.” She actually went to one such institution for her research. Dancer Mallika Sarabhai, one of the founders of Mapin, tells us that her troupe will put up a performance based on some of these poems in Ahmedabad on December 17. Sorry Delhi, we gotta wait.