Author: Charanjeet Kaur
Pages: 86
Year of Publication: 2009
Price: HB Rs 150, FB Rs 100
ISBN:
HB 978-81-8157-823-5 (9788181578235)
FB 978-81-8157-824-2 (9788181578242)

About the Author:
Charanjeet Kaur heads the Department of English at Smt Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College, Ulhasnagar. Her areas of interest include poetry, women's studies and women's writing, continental writing, literary theory and Indian aesthetics.

Teaser:

Silence

Years ago when I felt
the aura of aloneness
that surrounded you, wrapped round you,
the aloofness that defined
everything about you in terms of distances, and
the absence that flowed from your eyes,
I knew
it would all stab me one day.

Now, once again,
the deepening silence that's settling on you
threatens to rip open
the wounds we thought had healed...
the nerves will not be able to take it...

Contents:

Foreword / 9

Words... / 11-22
Words / 13
The Inside Room / 14
The Cracks Widen / 15
Lost / 16
Silence / 18
Romance / 19
Celebration /20
Haikus / 21

The Untouched... / 23-34
The Untouched / 25
Karma /26
where is his god? / 27
The Riot / 28
Hope / 29
Caretaker at the Shrine / 30
The Night the Tree Was Felled / 31
Betrayals / 32

Rain Songs... / 35-45
Rain Songs / 37
Haikus / 41
The Smile / 43
Pain / 44
If / 45

Purdah... / 47-52
purdah / 49
The Doormat / 50
she / 51
Mirror Image / 52

Reclaiming... / 53-72
Reclaiming / 55
The Last Letter / 57
Rain / 58
Death / 59
Sunset / 60
Letter from a Daughter to a Father / 62
Cloudburst / 65

then life, again... / 73-83
then life, again / 75
Rebirth / 76
Reflection / 77
The Healing Touch / 78
Prayer / 79
Prayer at Shirdi / 80
Buddha... the Cosmic Calm / 82
Prayer at Shirdi -- II / 83