Give Us This Day A Feast of Flesh

WHERE THE WORD BECOMES FLESH where reason is dazzled where magic reigns supreme: enter the world of N.D. Rajkumar through Anushiya Ramaswamy’s translation. Sensuous and ferocious his poetry cracks open a magic-drenched living dalit history. Born into a traditional shaman community in a border town between Kerala and Tamil Nadu Rajkumar claims disparate discourses as subjects of his poetry. His angry goddesses embody unfettered power and freedom. He writes not for inclusion into a centre. He has redrawn the lines. The centre must fear the Other the darkness the Isakki the mother with her breasts full of poison: We who cannot experience The Brahmam Link hands and walk With our Jungle Gods