As someone whose knowledge of Indian poetry in English is limited to Rabindranath Tagore and recently Jerry Pinto ('selected' poems at that), reading The Book of Chocolate Saints is a huge step up. 'Chocolate' here refers to the darkish skin complexion, its sweetness a metaphor for the pleasures of the flesh. 'Saint' refers to these artists, mainly poets, as their work on self-expression and composition is nothing short of holy to them. Through this fictional biogra