Rakesh Patel (b, May 2, 1979) has a Masters degree in English literature from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. He has served as a visiting lecturer in English for the past three years at Govt. Arts & Commerce College Khergam, Gujarat, India. His poetry and literary opinions have been published in e-journals and websites like neopoet.com, gotpoetry.com, poetbay.com, ablemuse.com, your-poetry.com, creative-poems.com, voicesnet.org, authorsden.com, poemhunter.com