# I Am

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2016/06/13/i-am/
- Published: 2016-06-13T15:05:52+00:00
- Author: shuktara

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**Author:** Reshma A[](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/I-Am.jpeg)
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Pages:** 64 **Year of Publication:** 2015 **Price:** Rs 100 **ISBN:** 978-93-5045-
123-6 (9789350451236)

_**About the Author**_
 Born in 1989 in Trivandrum, Kerala, Reshma completed her
MA and M.Phil. in English literature from Kerala University. She worked for a year
as an Assistant Professor at an aided college in Kerala. At the age of 15, her collection
of short stories in Malayalam, _Ramu_, was brought out by Current Books. This is
her first volume of poetry.

_**Teaser**_

_Dupattas, purdahs, veils_

Dupattas, purdahs, veils,
 Shrouds. Put them on! Young girls get lost in dark alleyways,
Raunchy humour, Open booty calls, Lewd remarks in a singsong voice.

High-ceilinged street mosques.
 Incense smoking like the last cigarette Drives away
sewage mosquitoes. Too many pep talks from spiritual gurus Make us all live Sin-
free.

The air is germ-ridden.
 Under my stilettos The earth feels wet. Please stay out
of the sun, sweetie. Our delicate brown skin tans Way too easily.

_**Contents**_
 40 poems