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"Madras Central" is an English poem and the best known work of Vijay Nambisan, the Indian poet, writer and journalist. The poem won First Prize in the inaugural All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1988. The poem has received critical acclaim following its first publication in 1989.

Comments and criticism

The poem has received positive reviews since the day of its publication. The poem has been quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary Indian English Poetry. The last three lines of the poem have come to be regarded as representative voice of contemporary Indian poetry.

See also

• Indian English poetry
• The Poetry Society (India)

Notes

1. "Award Winning Poems – AIPC 1988". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
2. "India Uncut – Madras Central by Nambisan".
3. "Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets – Rana Nayar in The Tribune".
4. ""Representative Voices – Sixty Indian Poets" by Gopi Kottoor".

External links

• First National Poetry Competition 1988 – Award Winners
• India Writes – Contemporary Indian Poetry
• "Best Indian English Poems"

• 1988 poems
• Indian English poems
• Works originally published in Indian magazines
• Works originally published in literary magazines