The release of Dr Gieve Patel’s Collected Poems at Kitab Khana on May 19, 2018 was indeed a long and eagerly anticipated event. It was a decade after the launch of his last book, Mister Behram and Other Plays. The 2018 release was made even more interesting as he was in conversation with Arundhathi Subramaniam — poet, artist, journalist, classical dancer, curator and poetry editor. In addition to writing a perceptive introduction to Collected Poems, Subramaniam performed her role exceedingly well and managed to draw out the shy and reticent Patel and make him speak freely and frankly on several......