| 词条 | Kali (poem) |
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Excerpts from the poemA goddess chews on myth As other women might on paan Red juices stain her mouth. Bored by her own powers Immense and spectral, Kali broods About Shiva, she is perverse. She will not plead with him Nor reveal Ganesha’s birth She will not ask him home. Shiva loves her, but absences And apsaras are natural to him No god is hampered by his sins. ***** Loneliness drives this goddess mad She is vagrant, her limbs askew She begs a mate, her hair unmade. Fickle as Shiva, memory deserts her Chandi or Durga or Parvati, which Is she, which of her selves weeps here? Even Ganesha, for whom she feels Only tenderness, excludes her, even he Seems impatient with her flaws. ***** Both gift Kali a companion eagle, hurt By no arrow, fed on nothing, it returns Each night to its eyrie in her heart. Comments and criticismThe poem has received rave reviews since its first publication in 1990 in the anthology on Indian Poetry Emerging Voices.[4] The poem has been frequently quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary Indian English Poetry.[5] The poem is regarded by critics as a jewel in contemporary Indian poetry.[6] Although outwardly the poem describes the Hindu Goddess Kali, her tantrums and her equation with her son Ganesha and consort Shiva, the poem has a clear existentialist message for the Indian woman and her many socio-psychological trappings.[7] In her writings, Rukmini brings about this interplay between the esoteric and the mundane in systematic subjugation of Indian woman over the centuries.[8] The poem has been widely discussed at various literary festivals.[9] Online references
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Notes1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.indianpoetry.org/comp2.htm |title= Award Winning Poems - AIPC 1990}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=167 |title=Award Winning Poems - AIPC 1990 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102223/http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=167 |archivedate=2014-04-07 |df= }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://poetrysplash.tripod.com/indiapoets.htm |title= Award Winning Poems - AIPC 1990}} 4. ^Poetry India - Emerging Voices by H K Kaul, Virgo Publications, 1990. 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020324/spectrum/book10.htm |title= Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets – Rana Nayar in The Tribune}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.intralinea.org/monographs/zanettin/sr/editormail.htm |title= India Star Literary Review - Shampa Sinha's Siesta}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050220/asp/look/story_4383303.asp |title= Rukmini Nair and Feminist Poetry}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2001/505/505%20rukmini%20bhaya%20nair.htm |title= Rukmini on Astrology and Feminism}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/poetry-wallahs-rukmini-bhaya-nair-margaret-mascarenhas-salma-bejan-matur-c-p-surendran-moderated-by-rahul-soni/ |title= Rukmini at Jaipur Literary Festival}} 5 : Poems|Indian poems|1990 poems|Works originally published in Indian magazines|Works originally published in literary magazines |
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