Sexual Violence in Indian Society: Uma Chakravarti-6th Anuradha Ghandy Memorial Lecture
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Tag: Feminist Poetry
Nawazuddin Siddiqui reads R Anuradha’s poems
The Lesson – Maya Angelou
I keep on dying again. Veins collapse, opening like the Small fists of sleeping Children. Memory of old tombs, Rotting flesh and worms do Not convince me against The challenge. The years And cold defeat live deep in Lines along my face. They dull my eyes, yet I keep on dying, Because I love to live. Continue reading The Lesson – Maya Angelou
Traces of summer heat – Shaleen Rakesh
(Art Work by Shaleen Rakesh) Like a dog returning to the river that has quietly run dry I sit on your bed and try, to sniff the sheets for traces of summer heat subtly the way your love is barely sweet my spirits lift as I sort out your smell but your sheets have been washed cleansed of all the times where I slept so … Continue reading Traces of summer heat – Shaleen Rakesh
वो कहते हैं – Ila Joshi
तुम्हारी उम्र और शरीर में है दो दशकों का अंतर… मानो उम्र ने भी तुम्हारे चेहरे पर दस्तक तुम्हारे जन्म के समय ही दे दी.. (उन सभी लड़कियों को समर्पित जिन्हें अक्सर ये उलाहना दिया जाता है कि तुम उम्र से बड़ी दिखती हो, उन्हें क्या मालूम तुम्हारे किन-किन अनुभवों ने तुमको उम्र से कहीं पहले बड़ा कर दिया…) Continue reading वो कहते हैं – Ila Joshi
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