Amrita Sharma Libri

Amrita Sharma is a young voice with a promise. She plays with colors of defiance, celebrates the anguish, and deals with subjects that reflect the human condition. Her thoughts lead her into a world of possibility. - Prof. Ranu Uniyal, Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow. Amrita Sharma (b 1992) is a Lucknow-based poet and writer. She is a PhD in English Literature from the University of Lucknow. She worked as a Fulbright Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Languages and Cultures, University of Notre Dame, from August 2021 to May 2022. Her works have previously been published in Pixie Dust & All Things Magical: Global Poetry in English 2022, Setu Bilingual, Earth Fire Water Wind: An Anthology of Poems, The Ekphrastic Review, The Quiver Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Cafe Dissensus Everyday, The Criterion, Episteme, Ashvamegh, and elsewhere. Sharma's area of research includes avant-garde poetics and innovative writings in cyberspace.

"How can he not see why I am upset?"... "Why do women take so much time to get dressed?"... "Why can't he just stop and ask for directions?"... "Why does she keep asking me if I love her?" Men and women may have reached the outer space, but it's no secret that when it comes to decoding each other's behaviour, signs and language, we are as clueless and lost as Alice in Wonderland! 'Why Did I Ever Get Married!' is a book that provides a ringside view of the 'new age' marriages where couples grapple with some 'old issues' and some contemporary ones, for which they were never given a "how to" manual. These could be about a transition from being a "double income to single income couple" or coping with "libido fluctuations" in their married life or fighting over "bed-side manners" and "addictions" or even coming to terms with a "quasi spouse" at work!