Vandana Kumar is a bon vivant who loves travelling, working with young minds and exploring possibilities beyond the ordinary. An educator with over 20 years of experience, she is a middle School French teacher in New Delhi. Her passions include playing the keyboard and quizzing. In addition, Kumar is an accomplished French translator for various reputed companies and publishers. She also works as a recruitment consultant. Her poems have been published in national and international websites including: Mad Swirl, Scarlet Leaf Review, North of Oxford, Grey Sparrow Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, The Piker Press, The Writing Disorder, The Drabble, Bard & Prose, Dissident Voice, Halcyon Days, Founder’s favourites, W-Poesis, Borderless journal, Madras Courier, Outlook, A Turkish newspaper; Sungurlu, Glomag and more. She has also featured in literary journals such as: Fine Lines, and anthologies including: Harbinger Asylum, The Kali Project (Finalist for the 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards), and But You Don't Look Sick. Indie Blu(e) Publishing (USA)
featured Kumar as part of their influential poet series online. She is also a contributing author in the short story anthology; Cocoon Stories: Imprints of Childhood. Vandana Kumar’s cinema articles appear regularly in Just-Cinema and Daily Eye, The Free Press Journal, Boloji.com and The Artamour. She was a jury member for the All-India Poetry Competition organized by Cocoa-Butter and went on to co-edit the debut print anthology that resulted from this competition. Her poems have been shortlisted and made it to poetry competition anthologies including: All India Poetry Society, in their 2017 Annual Poetry Competition and The Woman Inc. – and TWIBB Sakhi Annual Poetry Awards 2019. Her work is featured in other anthologies including the Texas based – Harbinger Asylum. She has been published
in the Spring and Summer editions of the 2022 print edition of the Omaha and Nebraska based Quarterly literary journal – Fine Lines. She has also been published in the prestigious Madras Courier – an online journal with a 200-year-old legacy. Kumar’s work was included in the book POSTMODERN VOICES – Volume 4, which is a part of the World Literature India Series, where along with five other poets from around the world, she was interviewed and fifteen of her poems were included. Another engaging interview of hers has been published in the book 21st Century Critical Thought – A Dialogue With Post-Modern Voices – Volume 2, which is also a part of the World Literature India Series, where scholars have beenasked questions regarding the theory of poetry and different forms of poetry and its ever-evolving
forms and present-day challenges. Kumar has recently made her foray into Hindi poetry writing and one of her poems is published in Sahityakunj. She is gearing up for some French poetry next. Poetry for her, is her stress buster, her flight of fancy and strangely, what keeps her rooted too.