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The Prakriti Foundation celebrated feminist lit by hosting the motorboat of The Gallery Of Upside Down Women by Arundhathi Subramaniam, a writer and Sahitya Akademi recipient connected February 7 astatine Alliance Française of Madras.
The publication of poesy honours bold women who defy societal norms passim history, and person carved their mode done this chaotic world. The women featured includes Mirabai who was a mystic writer known for her ardent devotion to Krishna, Akka Mahadevi, a 12th Century writer who relinquished her attire arsenic an enactment of devotion to Shiva, Amrapali, a 5th Century courtesan who went connected to give her beingness to Buddha, Shenkottai Avudai Akkal, an 18th Century saint from Tamil Nadu, Lakshminkara, an 8th Century tantric and princess of Odiyanna known for her rubric ‘The Mad Princess’ and Janabai, a 13th Century Marathi poet.
The poems admit the complexity of womanhood, navigating and shaping layers of femininity.
During the poesy speechmaking session, Arundhathi gave dependable to these overlooked figures successful ineffable poetry. Emphasising connected their ferocity and ambition, she gave a glimpse into the travel she went on, to recognize these women better. Alarmel Valli, an Indian classical dancer and the laminitis of the Dipasikha Dance Foundation was besides contiguous astatine the event.
Ranvir Shah, founder, Prakriti Foundation, was besides successful treatment with her astir the interaction her emotion for poesy had connected the book. Blending that with the interaction of spirituality, the league besides delved into however spirituality isn’t a instrumentality to go peaceful, but alternatively 1 to amplify personality.
“I wanted my poems to beryllium unsafe poems. Not the brushed Mirabai who was delicate arsenic translated to america then, but the Mirabai who told the small vertebrate that she’ll teardrop disconnected her wings if it don’t bring Krishna to her” said Arundhathi.
The assemblage was besides fixed the accidental to prosecute with Arundhathi, questioning her astir her poetry, the crushed for choosing the women successful her book, and however she understood them. She gave a wide position connected feminist lit and however poesy is an evolving landscape, allowing those to explicit what can’t beryllium recovered successful books.
