Thank you all for carrying my poem Kali as far and wide and beyond my imagination as you did. It still boggles the mind that so many of you, from around the world were moved and affected by a poem I wrote on a dark day. My deepest gratitude. The Indian Express has just published [...]
Category: Poem
Kali
It was my mother’s fault that she birthed Me on the banks of Kaveri For try as they did they could not wash the black alluvial soil off my skin. Kali Little piece of coal my mother’s brother calls me As he pretends he can’t spot me in the darkened birthing chamber It sounds very [...]
You are a nothing 