{"product_id":"indian-love-poems-isbn-9781400042258","title":"Indian Love Poems","description":"According to the Kama Sutra,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe erotic handbook written two thousand years ago, when the wheel of ecstasy is in motion “there is no textbook at all, and no order.” \u003ci\u003eIndian Love Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique gathering of poems from across more than two and a half millennia that attempts to catalog the disordered ecstasies of love, ranging from the Kama Sutra and earlier works up to present-day India and the poets of the Indian diaspora.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian Love Poems \u003c\/i\u003efeatures works from the classical languages of Sanskrit and Tamil and such later languages as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Emerging from many Indian cultures and eras, the poems collected here reflect a variety of erotic and spiritual passions, and celebrate the powerful role of desire–both male and female–in the intricate dance of existence. From the twelfth-century female poet Mahadeviyakka to the twentieth-century Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore to such contemporary poets as Kamala Das and Vikram Seth, this glittering tapestry of lyric voices beautifully and sensually evokes the transfiguring force of love.\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWAITING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eSubhashitavali of Vallabhadeva\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMy Love \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVATSYAYANA From \u003ci\u003eKamasutra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFour Embraces \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMILAIPPERUNKANTAN From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat He Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALLUR NANMULLAI From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat She Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eORERURAVANAR From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat He Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKALIDASA From \u003ci\u003eMeghadutam\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Loom of Time \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANONYMOUS\u003cbr\u003eA Small Request \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSRINATHA\u003cbr\u003eLove Letter \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAGANATHA From \u003ci\u003eBhamini Vilasa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Word of Warning \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHANDIDAS\u003cbr\u003e‘I have blackened my golden skin’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANURADHA MAHAPATRA\u003cbr\u003eGod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAMULANAR From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat She Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHANDIDAS\u003cbr\u003e‘I throw ashes at all laws’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKAPILAR From \u003ci\u003eAinkurunuru\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat Her Friend Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEVAKULATTAR From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat She Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGathasaptasati\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘Even in a reeling world’ \u003cbr\u003e‘How can you describe her?’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAmarusataka\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘All I have to do’ \u003cbr\u003e ‘She’s in the house’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVARATUNKARAMAPANTIYAN’S WIFE\u003cbr\u003e Space to Space \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKABIR\u003cbr\u003e‘Like a sharp arrow’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJAYANTA MAHAPATRA\u003cbr\u003eA Day of Rain \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMANORAMA MAHAPATRA\u003cbr\u003eMy Whole Life for Him \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMRITA PRITAM\u003cbr\u003eEarly Spring \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eK. SATCHIDANANDAN\u003cbr\u003eLoving aWoman \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBALAMANIAMMA\u003cbr\u003eGift of Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHAKUNT MATHUR\u003cbr\u003eA New Way of Waiting \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGHALIB \u003cbr\u003eDesires Come by the Thousands  \u003cbr\u003eBehind the Curtain \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNISSIM EZEKIEL\u003cbr\u003ePoet, Lover, Birdwatcher \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMIRAJI\u003cbr\u003eLove Song of the Clerk \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSURESH JOSHI\u003cbr\u003eDarkness \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSITANSHU YASHASHCHANDRA\u003cbr\u003eSolar \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNIRALA \u003cbr\u003eLove Song \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA. K. RAMANUJAN\u003cbr\u003eLooking for a Cousin on a Swing \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEENA ALEXANDER \u003cbr\u003eIndian Sandstone \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFAHMIDAH RIAZ \u003cbr\u003eTongue of Stone \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRATIBHA SATPATHY \u003cbr\u003eDew Drop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAROOP DHRUV\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Flapdoor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKEKI N. DARUWALLA From \u003ci\u003eNight River\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘Dream and reality’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMEETING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eVATSYAYANA From \u003ci\u003eKamasutra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘When men ask about all the ways of embracing’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Whatever wound a man inflicts on a woman’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKALIDASA From \u003ci\u003eSakuntala\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘Craving sweet’  \u003cbr\u003e‘Seeing rare beauty’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANONYMOUS\u003cbr\u003eKamasutra \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAmarusataka \u003c\/i\u003e‘Held her’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKUMARADASA From \u003ci\u003eJanakiharana\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘In their quarrel’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCANDRAKA From \u003ci\u003eSarngadharapaddhati\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘A long time back’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAIZ AHMED FAIZ\u003cbr\u003e‘Before you came’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAHMIDAH RIAZ\u003cbr\u003eDeep Kiss \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUDEEP SEN\u003cbr\u003eDesire \u003cbr\u003eCaress \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMIRABAI\u003cbr\u003e‘Here she comes’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Hari is a dhobi’ \u003cbr\u003e‘On a sudden’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHANDIDAS\u003cbr\u003e‘I have hardened my mind’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUJATA BHATT\u003cbr\u003eThe Kamasutra Retold \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKABIR\u003cbr\u003e‘To say that the love’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Lying beside you’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIDYA\u003cbr\u003eLove in the Countryside \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIKATANITAMBA\u003cbr\u003eRecollection \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVALLANA\u003cbr\u003e‘When he had taken off my clothes’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBHAVABHUTI From \u003ci\u003eUttara Rama Charita\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘Deep in love’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCHAVALI BANGARAMMA\u003cbr\u003eMy Brother\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRABINDRANATH TAGORE\u003cbr\u003eBlack Blossom \u003cbr\u003eOne Day \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAKHTAR-UL-IMAN\u003cbr\u003eCompromise \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISMAIL\u003cbr\u003eYou \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBASAVANNA\u003cbr\u003e‘Look here, dear fellow’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eILANKO ATIKAL From \u003ci\u003eThe Cilappatikaram\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eThe Round Dance of the Herdswomen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAHADEVIYANKKA\u003cbr\u003e‘Like a silkworm weaving’ \u003cbr\u003e‘When I didn’t know myself ’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD. VINAYACHANDRAN From \u003ci\u003eHell Writes a Love Poem\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘When the gigantic bulls with broken horns’\u003cbr\u003e‘For love’ \u003cbr\u003e‘It is heaven and hell’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Standing naked before the mirror’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAmarusataka\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘When my face turned toward his’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCEMPULAPPEYANIRAR From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat He Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAmarusataka\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘My girl’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Tender-limbed girl’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDOM MORAES\u003cbr\u003eContainer \u003cbr\u003eWhat I Meant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA. S. MUKTHAYAKKA\u003cbr\u003eLittle Poems \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAYYAPPA PANIKER\u003cbr\u003eThe Prison \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO. V. USHA\u003cbr\u003eDoubt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKEDARNATH SINGH\u003cbr\u003eOn Reading a Love Poem \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJYOTSNA MILAN\u003cbr\u003eWoman, 2 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMRITA PRITAM\u003cbr\u003eTalk\u003cbr\u003eDailyWages \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUMASHANKAR JOSHI\u003cbr\u003e‘Before I met you’ \u003cbr\u003eAn Apology \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUNANDA TRIPATHY\u003cbr\u003eTryst \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNABANEETA DEV SEN\u003cbr\u003eFig Tree \u003cbr\u003eAntara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHIRA BANSODE\u003cbr\u003eWoman \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANONYMOUS\u003cbr\u003eDrowning \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMUDDUPALANI\u003cbr\u003eRadha Instructs Ila, Krsna’s New Bride, in the Arts of Love \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNANDURI SUBBARAO\u003cbr\u003eBlow Out the Lamp\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNABANEETA DEV SEN \u003cbr\u003eBeginning and End \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANURADHA MAHAPATRA\u003cbr\u003eGuiltful\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEJI GROVER\u003cbr\u003eJealousy 1 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBHASWATI ROY CHAUDHURI\u003cbr\u003eSide by Side \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGAGAN GILL\u003cbr\u003eShe Touches Him \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRAJANI PARULEKAR\u003cbr\u003eThe Snake Couple \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAYYAPPA PANIKER\u003cbr\u003e‘To me your body’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAHMIDAH RIAZ\u003cbr\u003e‘Come, give me your hand’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA. K. RAMANUJAN\u003cbr\u003eLove Poem for a Wife, 2 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAYANTA MAHAPATRA\u003cbr\u003eThe IndianWay \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIKRAM SETH\u003cbr\u003eUnclaimed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKAMALA DAS (KAMALA SURAYYA)\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Playhouse \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKEKI N. DARUWALLA\u003cbr\u003eTo My Daughter Rookzain \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUJATA BHATT\u003cbr\u003eSherdi \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARUN KOLATKAR\u003cbr\u003eChaitanya \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIKRAM SETH\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Gate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAYADEVA From \u003ci\u003eGitagovinda\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJoyful Krishna\u003cbr\u003eEcstatic Krishna \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePARTING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eAmarusataka\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘To go’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMUTTA\u003cbr\u003e‘So free am I, so gloriously free’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUMANGALAMATA\u003cbr\u003e‘A woman well set free!’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMIRABAI\u003cbr\u003e‘He’s left me’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAYADEVA From \u003ci\u003eGitagovinda\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCareless Krishna \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAMALATAN From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat She Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKACCIPETTU NANNAKAIYAR From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat She Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKAPILAR From \u003ci\u003eKuruntokai\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat She Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGathasaptasati \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘Separation’s fire’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Aunt’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGahakoso \u003c\/i\u003e‘Scornfully’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKAPILAR From \u003ci\u003eAinkurunuru\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhat Her Friend Said\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCANDRAKA From \u003ci\u003eSarngadharapaddhati\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘At day’s end’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSRIVARA From \u003ci\u003eSubhashitavali of Vallabhadeva\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘I know’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGHALIB\u003cbr\u003eNear the Zam ZamWell \u003cbr\u003eSome Exaggerations \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAIZ AHMED FAIZ\u003cbr\u003eAny Lover to Any Beloved \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eGathasaptasati\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘They whisper the cruel one’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Unable to count’ \u003cbr\u003e‘Distance destroys love’ \u003cbr\u003e‘His form’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRABINDRANATH TAGORE\u003cbr\u003e‘He never came to me’ \u003cbr\u003eComings and Goings \u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eI Won’t Let You Go \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDILIP CHITRE\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eTravelling in a Cage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHINU MODI\u003cbr\u003eElegy \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKAIFI AZMI\u003cbr\u003eHumiliation \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAYYAPPA PANIKER\u003cbr\u003eHow Well Have I Forgotten! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMRITA PRITAM\u003cbr\u003eThe Sigh That Breathes Fire \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAHMIDAH RIAZ\u003cbr\u003eStoning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAGHA SHAHDID ALI \u003cbr\u003eA Rehearsal of Loss \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNIRENDRANATH CHAKRAVARTY\u003cbr\u003eThe Bloodstained Trophies \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAMRITA PRITAM \u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Fire \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUGATHA KUMARI \u003cbr\u003eNight Rain \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP. BHASKARAN \u003cbr\u003eSometimes, Remember Me \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKABITA SINHA \u003cbr\u003eThe Last Door’s Name is Sorrow \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAYANATA MAHAPATRA \u003cbr\u003ePoem for Angela Elston \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAGHA SHAHID ALI\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eA Nostalgist’s Map of America \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIKRAM SETH From \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Gate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNISSIM EZEKIEL \u003cbr\u003eDescription \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAGHA SHAHID ALI \u003cbr\u003eFilm Bhajan Found on a 78 RPM \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEENA ALEXANDER \u003cbr\u003eClosing the \u003ci\u003eKamasutra \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKISHWAR NAHEED \u003cbr\u003eA Story Among Many \u003cbr\u003eHistory Does Not Repeat Itself \u003cbr\u003eAgreement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFAIZ AHMED FAIZ \u003cbr\u003e‘Do not ask of me, my love’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003eMeena Alexander\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning poet and the author of the memoir \u003cb\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is a professor of English at Hunter College and lives in New York City.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299703574757,"sku":"NP9781400042258","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781400042258.jpg?v=1767730023","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/indian-love-poems-isbn-9781400042258","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}