How I wonder what you are
The endless night Gazes into my eyes. My tears will make A million stars.
Thus writes Kamini Banga in her delicately penned set of poems titled 'I promise to be a good girl, God'. Kamini Banga wrote these poems over the ten year period when she was battling with breast cancer and its aftermath. In her foreword, she mentions ‘I found writing helped me grieve – something that we are not allowed by our loved ones... I believe grieving is a big healer; it helped me realize what must stay and what I could leave behind.’
Each of the poems has a pain unmistakable in its depth and almost unbearable. The harsh truth expressed in the simplest of phrases, the futile but unavoidable sadness that is an intrinsic nature of such situations hit you and hit you bad. I don’t know who to recommend this book to – not because it’s not good (it’s exceptional) but because it’s so depressing... but still, I’ll say: Read it. It’ll make you feel fortunate for what you have. In any case, poems are meant to be sad and these capture sadness like never before.
3 comments:
Searched almost all the big book shops in L for that one. No luck! Do keep posting.
this makes me rethink maan!!! i thought i was done with indian writing in english..
i cudnt find the book :( arent words that make u cry anyday better than that which make you smile?
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