Author: Vaishnavi Ramaswamy
Pages: 66
Year of Publication: 2003
Price: HB Rs 100, FB Rs 80
ISBN:
HB 81-8157-136-3 (8181571363)
FB 81-8157-137-1 (8181571371)

About the Author:
Vaishnavi Ramaswamy (born in 1976) is indebted to her parents for inciting her interest in language and literature. She attained her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the department of Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad.

Teaser:

A Marble Dream

In networks
the shape has sunk
with the chisel,
and the radiance
of moments over time
glows like a worm
inside the heart.
Stone for me,
the shape for you,
I promise you
life
through remembrances
of happiness.

Contents:
A Marble Dream / 9
The Wait / 10
A Troubled Birthday / 11
A Calm in the Hall / 12
Love on the Rocks / 13
A Dull Pain at the Crossings / 14
Grandpa's Flight to London / 15
Room Mate / 15
A Class in the Afternoon / 16
A Morning in Glass / 17
A Closed Room / 18
The Baby Book / 19
March 9th, 7.20 AM / 20
The Vacant Wall / 22
A Green Leaf / 25
Mudhouse / 26
Ceremony / 27
To the Sky / 28
A Sultry Wake / 29
Cotton Wool / 30
Watching the Calendar / 31
Pain in the Afternoon / 32
Room No 232 / 34
The Grey Table / 35
Between Two Words / 36
Fear in the Passage / 37
A Tranquil Night / 38
Jasmine / 39
A Burnt Memory / 40
In the Kitchen / 42
By the Gate / 43
The Dry Nest / 44
An Irish Song / 45
The Dusty Volume / 46
Reading at Night / 46
Silk / 47
The Hour of Sickness / 48
In the Library / 50
The Fire in the Room / 51
This Month in the Nursery / 52
Roman Coffee / 54
The Medicine Woman's Child / 55
The Old Road Revisited / 56
A Cold Bed / 57
The School / 58
Broadway Nights / 59
At the Box / 60
An Old Edition of Hope / 61
Negatives / 62
Purple Feathers / 63