This novel is an English translation of of Pandhey Kapil’s 1977 Bhojpuri novel of the same name. Publisher‘s Summary ‘Babu Sahib! You must have heard of a phoolsunghi—the flower-pecker—yes? It can never be held captive in a cage. It sucks nectar from a flower and then flies on to the next.’ When Dhelabai, the most popular … Continue reading Kapil, Pandhey. Phoolsunghi. Translated by Gautam Choubey. Penguin, 2020.