Smita Agarwal belongs to Mussoorie. She has been publishing poetry since the last 50 years. She is the author of three collections of poems: Wish-Granting Words (2002), Mofussil Notebook (2016), and Speak, Woman! (2021). You can find her on Twitter/X: @allahabadpoet and Instagram: @smita251158.
Poetry by Smita Agarwal: ‘The dahlias grow hawa mey— / off the air, we’d say / Down steep ravines / into which the monsoon // munificence would flow’