Dilip Chitre Poetry

Dilip Chitre was an important Indian poet whose work was popularized post-independence. He wrote in Marathi and English and was part of the Indian Modernist moment. His major themes are alienation, death, and exile, and his poetry reflect his life and his views on his country.

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Father Returning Home

‘Father Returning Home’ by Dilip Chitre expresses the generational separation between a “father” and “children” through vivid visuals.

Dilip Chitre’s poem ‘Father Returning Home’ captures the sadness and loneliness of an aging father who feels left out by his own family. The writing is simple but filled with emotion. This is one of Chitre’s most well-known poems and is often read in schools and universities. What makes it memorable is how it shows the pain of distance between generations without being dramatic. It remains one of his most powerful and widely studied works.

My father travels on the late evening train

Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light

Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes

His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat

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