Poetry–In Translation-Telugu
By Mukunda Ramarao. Translated from the Telugu by M Sridhar and Alladi Uma
‘How can I Deal with You, My Dear?’ refers to the daughter’s fear, who is dependent on father’s protection, but once she becomes an adult, she has to learn to walk in darkness and live with evil spirits in the external world. Where does this evil come from if not criminality and various types of exploitation? ‘Wrenching of Heart’ portrays the eternal wait of the parents for their missing son.
By Priya Sarukkai Chabria
Perhaps the most powerful and poignant piece of Chabria’s text is intertwining Earth stories with Indian mythologies, to reimagine the most well-known stories from apocalyptic, climatic or environmental perspectives. Pishachas, flesh-eating demons in Indian folklore are reconceptualized as survivors of a nuclear winter they caused on their planet (p. 61). The stories of Pishachas come with a warning to the human race;