Benares
“No board exams here./ The living are coached on dying,/ the dead on rebirthing,/ the priests on parody…” By Arundhathi Subramaniam.
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from ‘Nacciyar Tirumoli’—Take Me to His Sacred Places
“Uncover me. Why should I wear modesty when the world knows of my barefaced love?…” Translated from Andal’s ‘Nacciyar Tirumoli’ by Priya Sarukkai Chabria.
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Dialogue of the Lady Monsters
“Dear Lady:/ I am sorry to inform you/ your star will someday blaze out/ & die. I know you do not/ hear me nor, if hear, believe…” By Minal Hajratwala.
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From the Margins to Centre Stage: A Sangam (Confluence) of Three Indian Women Poets
“Poetry is, and has always been, the art of uttering multiple truths in a single line. It’s a celebration of plurality, of contradiction… Poetry compels us to confront uncertainty. That makes it the very antithesis of the fundamentalist impulse…” A Sangam (confluence) of three Indian women poets, featuring Arundhathi Subramaniam, Meena Alexander and Priya Sarukkai Chabria.
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The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective: Building Community Through Poetry
“In the U.S… it’s easy to feel like a non-entity in the publishing world which is still dominated by cishet white men (though some aspects are changing). In India, what I’ve experienced is almost the opposite, a lot of openness and welcoming of new ideas…” A roundtable discussion with the members of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective.
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