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Tejaswini Patil

Dr. Mrs. Tejaswini Patil (Dange) – An Asst. Professor at Smt.
KRP Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Islampur, Marashtra. A
trilingual poet writing in Marathi, Hindi and English. Her
poems have been anthologized in thirty-one National and
International anthologies including USA, Romania, South
Africa, UK and India.
She writes about Nature, social issues, feminist sensibilities
and her experiences. Her three collections of poems, 'Talons
and Nets', 'Verses of Silence' and 'A Glass of Time' have been
published by Authorspress, Delhi. The first has been
translated into Romanian language, published by EIKON
Publishers, Bucharest, Romania. A reference book entitled
'Relations and Relationship' and a collection of Hindi
poems, Kaainat are to her credit.

Her poems have been selected for the prestigious Rio Grande
Valley International Poetry Festival, Texas, U. S. A. since
2018. Her profile has been included in the famous
International Coffee Table Book, 25 Women of Virtue
edited by Dr. K.C. Sethi ji, Daman, Gujrat.
She's been awarded with State Level 'Mahila Samajratna
Lifetime Achievement Award' by Navnirmiti Vichar Manch,
Ukshi, Ratnagiri, M.S. and with 'Master of Creative
Impulse' by World Poetry Conference, Bathinda, Punjab.

I know
I don't have wings,
But still
I try to fly;
Because
one day
I have to fly
forever

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