PREMORMI, (Ramesh Patel) – Hriday Ganga. – 1993

PREMORMI, (Ramesh Patel)Hriday Ganga.London: Shree International, 1993. Bound in turquoise cloth covers with a peacock feather on the front cover, and a fabulous woven gold coloured and tasseled bookmark. Signed by Ramesh Patel to the front. Limited to 2,000 copies.The title translates roughly as "the sacred river of the heart" or "river of love," is a collection of 51 Gujarati love poems by the poet writing under the pen name "Premormi," “Drop your tears into the oceanThey will turn into pearlsI shall pick them out from the deepsAnd string them into a necklaceThe necklace will adorn your neckEach pearl a repository of my love for you”A woven gold tasselled bookmark that other sources describe as incorporating rudraksha beads — the sacred seed-beads used in Hindu prayer malasThe author founded the India Coffee House in London in 1960 — reportedly the city's first vegetarian restaurant Text in Hindi, French, German, Spanish, English, Esperanto, Russian and Marathi. Poetry and colour images. As New condition. 280 x 230 mm (11 x 9 inches).