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Give us this Day a Feast of Flesh: Poems N.D. Rajkumar

By: Publication details: New Delhi Navayana Publishing 2024Edition: 20th -Anniversary edDescription: 112 Pages 14cmISBN:
  • 9788189059330
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 894.811171 RAJ
Contents:
1. The family, to gain religious merit 9 2. If anyone not our own kind 11 3. O you devil 12 4. Deeper than our bond 13 5. Hey, sister, you can't enter the house 14 6. Your god and mine 17 7. When I remember 18 8. If I want to drink blood 19 9. Dancing cobra eyes 20 10. The frothing toddy-induced stupor 22 11. Walking the empty streets 23 12. She satisfied my hunger 24 13. As the kaniyan sings 25 14. She killed the snarling dogs 26 15. To take revenge on the great god 27 16. In the temple darkness 29 17. There is a great battle 30 18. Men flee in terror 31 19. Once upon a time 32 20. I am the child of Satan 33 21. The song that you hear 34 22. Our gods do not hide 35 23. Mayaandi comes 36 24. Their women sit on the swing and sing 37 25. My father with his powerful magic 38 26. When the pulayan turned into a dragon 39 27. "I too am a Siddha" 40 28. Right now, right this minute 42 29. My devil 43 30. We eat frogs to calm that wheezing breath 44 31. The day my body 46 32. Milk-heavy, she was hanging around 47 33. My poem burns wildly 49 34. As I drink the nectar like a butterfly 50 35. I am a lamb 51 36. When my morning bowl of old rice gruel 52 37. The fishmonger wading into the sea 53 38. The natural laws insist 54 39. Again and again we sweep with our hands 55 40. Nowadays, they sing like girls 56 41. He will sing and dance the Original Song 57 42. When the night falls 58 43. The maid like a young banana tree 59 44. O master, I cannot sleep 60 45. In that terrifying midnight 62 46. Om Shanti 64 47. On Fridays at midnight 65 48. In ancient days we sang 66 49. I poured the local brew 67 50. Thoughts tumbling 68 51. When my preferred moment of darkness comes 69 52. When the crow you drew on my chest 70 53. Son, that is not a country fit for humans 72 54. Paraman, the great god, kept calling out 73 Fingering the third eye 74 Notes to the poems 76 Afterword by ANUSHIYA RAMASWAMY Where Reason is Dazzled and Magic Regins Supreme 77
Summary: The collection reflects Rajkumar’s unique voice as a Dalit poet, blending spiritual and social elements, and explores themes of caste discrimination, violence, and survival. Rajkumar's verses resonate with both personal and collective struggles, presenting a raw and evocative portrayal of life as a marginalized individual.
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1. The family, to gain religious merit 9

2. If anyone not our own kind 11

3. O you devil 12

4. Deeper than our bond 13

5. Hey, sister, you can't enter the house 14

6. Your god and mine 17

7. When I remember 18

8. If I want to drink blood 19

9. Dancing cobra eyes 20

10. The frothing toddy-induced stupor 22

11. Walking the empty streets 23

12. She satisfied my hunger 24

13. As the kaniyan sings 25

14. She killed the snarling dogs 26

15. To take revenge on the great god 27

16. In the temple darkness 29

17. There is a great battle 30

18. Men flee in terror 31

19. Once upon a time 32

20. I am the child of Satan 33

21. The song that you hear 34

22. Our gods do not hide 35

23. Mayaandi comes 36

24. Their women sit on the swing and sing 37

25. My father with his powerful magic 38

26. When the pulayan turned into a dragon 39

27. "I too am a Siddha" 40

28. Right now, right this minute 42

29. My devil 43

30. We eat frogs to calm that wheezing breath 44

31. The day my body 46

32. Milk-heavy, she was hanging around 47

33. My poem burns wildly 49

34. As I drink the nectar like a butterfly 50

35. I am a lamb 51

36. When my morning bowl of old rice gruel 52

37. The fishmonger wading into the sea 53

38. The natural laws insist 54

39. Again and again we sweep with our hands 55

40. Nowadays, they sing like girls 56

41. He will sing and dance the Original Song 57

42. When the night falls 58

43. The maid like a young banana tree 59

44. O master, I cannot sleep 60

45. In that terrifying midnight 62

46. Om Shanti 64

47. On Fridays at midnight 65

48. In ancient days we sang 66

49. I poured the local brew 67

50. Thoughts tumbling 68

51. When my preferred moment of darkness comes 69

52. When the crow you drew on my chest 70

53. Son, that is not a country fit for humans 72

54. Paraman, the great god, kept calling out 73

Fingering the third eye 74

Notes to the poems 76

Afterword by ANUSHIYA RAMASWAMY

Where Reason is Dazzled and Magic Regins Supreme 77

The collection reflects Rajkumar’s unique voice as a Dalit poet, blending spiritual and social elements, and explores themes of caste discrimination, violence, and survival. Rajkumar's verses resonate with both personal and collective struggles, presenting a raw and evocative portrayal of life as a marginalized individual.






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