The Tagore Kala and Sahitya Academy Award honors voices that reflect cultural depth, intellectual honesty, and creative excellence. Among this year’s distinguished awardees is Prity, whose poetry collection In Transit, With Love stands as a moving testament to the lived experiences of contemporary women navigating a world in constant motion.
A mother, poet, and seasoned professional, Prity brings a rare synthesis of structure and sensitivity to her work. With an academic foundation rooted in engineering and global business management, and professional experience spanning portfolio management and strategic consultancy, she inhabits both analytical and artistic worlds with equal ease. This duality shapes her poetry—measured yet emotional, precise yet deeply human
In Transit, With Love is a lyrical exploration of life unfolding between places, roles, and responsibilities. The poems move through airports and quiet rooms, between professional commitments and personal longing, capturing moments often overlooked in the rush of modern life. At its heart, the collection reflects on love—not as spectacle, but as patience; not as permanence, but as presence. Love here waits in pauses, grows in silences, and survives the distances created by ambition, travel, and duty.
Through intimate and graceful verse, Prity traces the contours of modern womanhood, where strength and softness coexist, and where identity is shaped by constant transition. Her writing gives voice to women who balance careers with caregiving, movement with belonging, and independence with emotional anchoring. The poems resonate deeply with readers who recognize themselves in the quiet negotiations between selfhood and responsibility.
The Tagore Kala and Sahitya Academy Award recognizes In Transit, With Love for its honest portrayal of contemporary life and its gentle yet powerful articulation of the inner worlds of women. Much like the legacy of Rabindranath Tagore—where the personal meets the universal—Prity’s work transforms individual experience into shared reflection.
Through this collection, Prity affirms that home is not always a destination, but a feeling carried within, and that love, in all its patience and resilience, remains the truest companion through life’s journeys
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