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Songs of Belligerence: The woman at the water kiosk and other poems
by Santosh Bakaya
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AuthorSantosh Bakaya
PublisherAuthorspress
SynopsisThe Woman at the Water Kiosk and other poems is Santosh Bakaya's third book of poems, containing, what she calls, notes of belligerence at the sad state of mankind, going rapidly downhill. It is mainly in her usual rhyming mode, rich in vocabulary and alliteration, and richest in stories that continue to enthrall us in her inimitable style and wring from us many a tear.
What is new is a restless impatience in her writing, a stripping off of masks as if she has not much time left, with keeping up the facade of niceties and genteelness, replaced instead by a weariness at death, life and everything in between. There are even surprising moments where she speaks of love that is physical in a bolder vein than before, and the undercurrent of love being the panacea for all ills is still there, though slowly being muted for a tougher, harder realistic stance. I am impressed most by this, the Victorianism being replaced by Modernism, at least in tone, if still not in form. Worth reading as being full of this new tone of surprises.
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Binding: Paperback
About the author
InternatIonally acclaimed for her book, Ballad of Bapu [Vitasta Publishers, 2015, a poetic biography of Mahatma Gandhi], Santosh Bakaya is an academic, poet, essayist, novelist and Ted Speaker whose poems have been translated into many languages and received laurels, worldwide. A die-hard believer in Martin Luther King’s Dream and John Lennon’s Imagine, dreaming of a day when there is ‘nothing to kill or die for’ and ‘all the people sharing all the world’, she is the recipient of the Reuel International Award for writing and literature [2014] for her long poem, Oh Hark! and has also been conferred with the Universal Inspirational Poet Award [2016] by Pentasi B Friendship Poetry group and Ghana Government; and The Setu Award [USA] ‘in recognition of a stellar contribution to world literature’ (Individual Category, 2018).
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