Tag: Anti Caste

  • An Open Letter To My Idol

    DISCLAIMER: All names have been changed for the sake of online privacy. Dr. Amulya, this is an open letter to you from your idol. I hope you get a chance to read it one day, since I am not sure whether we will find an opportunity to meet. In fact, I did see you at…

  • How Dr. Meena Kandasamy Helps Inspire Change Inside Me

    This is a poem on how the fiery author, poet, translator, academic and anti-caste activist Dr. Meena Kandasamy helps inspire change within me. Here goes the content: Today, if I am a better human being To you, do I owe many a thing There is something about you Which makes it almost impossible to ignore…

  • Why Am I An Ardent Admirer Of Dr. Meena Kandasamy

    Why am I such an ardent admirer of the eminent novelist, poet, translator, academic, truly intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist Dr. Meena Kandasamy? Well, let me explain for the nth time in this poem: You may not know me But you inspire me Every single day To fight my demons, come what may Rise above…

  • The Influence Of Dr. Meena Kandasamy

    Hope you are not heartily bored….this is the nth poem about Dr. Meena Kandasamy; renown author, poetess, translator, academic, intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist! Here goes the content: You are the reason I somehow manage to smile Even when I am extremely dull Really, are you that ray of sunshine Which drives away our pain…

  • Never Will I Forget You, Dear Comrade

    Why do I write so many poems about Dr. Meena Kandasamy (celebrated author, poetess, translator, academic, intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist)? Well, you will find out in this particular poem: If I have not lost hope yet To you, goes the credit Because, you inspire thousands of people Including those who consider themselves incapable Of…

  • So Happy Am I to Know you, Dear Comrade

    This is the latest of many poems dedicated to a person I greatly admire and respect and fondly call “Comrade” – the excellent authoress, poetess, translator, academic, intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist Dr Meena Kandasamy! Here goes the content: So happy am I to know you, Dear Comrade And you make me so proud An…

  • My Chief Motivator

    I will never stop writing poems about my chief idol – Dr. Meena Kandasamy, author, poet, translator, academic, intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist of great repute! Here goes the content: There are certain days When nothing goes my way Then, do I think of you And out of the blue I begin to smile Because,…

  • Thanks To You, Never Do I Give Up

    I hope you are not getting heartily bored, but this will be yet another poem dedicated to the amazing Dr. Meena Kandasamy – author, poet, translator, academic, intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist extraordinaire! Here is the content: Thanks to you, never do I give up And for you, will I forever clap Because you are…

  • A Tribute To Dr. Meena Kandasamy

    Yet another poem dedicated to my role model Dr. Meena Kandasamy, one of the best authors, poets, translators, academics, feminists and anti-caste activists in India. Here goes the content: You is it, whom I think of When everything seems to be off You are the driving force Behind my resilience When my back is up…

  • Are There No Depths To Which We Can’t Sink?

    I heard a shocking piece of news today; a woman had her throat slit in Gadag, Karnataka; just because she converted from Hinduism to Islam. Hence, I decided to write this poem; because, I feel I am responsible in some way – being born in a privileged upper middle class Tamil Brahmin family. Some of…