Madhav Ajjampur is a writer and translator. He began to translate Bendre’s Kannada poetry into English in 2015 and in April 2016 set up the website, Da Ra Bendre in English, to share his translations with the larger public. The website’s purpose: to promote Bendre’s magical poetry and the Kannada language. Madhav also writes original poetry and prose in English. His essays and poems have appeared in The Hindu, Firstpost, Bengaluru Review, EKL Review, and Autumn Sky Poetry Daily. This is his first book.