Subhash Jaireth
Subhash Jaireth was born in Khanna, a small town in the Punjab. He speaks and publishes in three languages: Hindi, Russian and English. He has lectured in Geology at the University of Roorkee, India, and in Australia has worked as a research fellow in Geology at James Cook University, Townsville from 1988. With the assistance of Elizabeth Perkins, Subhash has translated some of his Hindi poems into English. He has also undertaken doctoral studies in Australian Literature at the Australian National University.
Subhash is a poet with two published works: his first book, Before the Bullet Hit Me, is a collection of poems in Hindi which was published by Vani Prakashan in Delhi in 1994; his second book is Unfinished Poems for Your Violin which was published in 1996 by Penguin. The book is a threesome volume with a title "Conversations of Love" (with two other poets, Meredith Wattison and Gillian Hanscombe). Subhash has also written several critical articles addressing race and representation. He is based in Canberra, ACT.
Yashodhara: Six Seasons without You. Wild Peony, 2003.
Unfinished Poems for Your Violin (Conversations of Love). Ringwood: Penguin, 1996.
Before the Bullet Hit Me. Delhi: Vani Prakashan, 1994.