Shobha KulkarniThe writer hails from Belgaum, a small city in India. Her ancestral home is a small coastal temple city, Udupi, in South India. Her mother tongue is Tulu. She completed her master's in English and education. She has taught English and teaching strateies for more than forty years and retired as principal of a local college. She was a member of a textbook committee for the Eleventh and Twelfth standard. Teaching, writing poems, painting, and reading is her passion. She is a member of the Poetry Society of India, British council, and was also trained in British council in Chennai. She is a member of the British Library, Bangalore. Her poems have been broadcasted through AIR Dharwad, and her teaching materials have been telecasted through Chandan, Bangalore. She is a member of Inner Wheel Club of Rotary and actively participates in a number of programs. She is also a member of the Family Planning Association of India. She is the past president of Principals' and Lecturers' Association, Belgaum. She recites poems in multilingual poets meet. This is her first collection of poems for publication. Her Kannada poems have been published in local magazines. Read More Read Less