Contents
Malathi Maithri
She who threads the skies
Waves
Swing
Observe the crane
My Home
Bhumadevi
Tiger
She who ate the apple
Cast away blood
Incessant war
Empress of words
The street-singer
Language change
Consumer goods
Perish her intellect: cruel is her servitude
Camels, horses and a fish basket
Demon language
Salma
The rust of silence
A midnight tale
The contract
The solitude of a painted house
Paths
Closure
An evening, another evening
The worm
Green angel
At the moment of parting
Getting used to the sea
Untitled
New bride, new night
My ancestral home
Chariot of darkness
Kutti Revathi
Light is a prowling cat
Breasts
Rain-river
Dawn
The sea-fettered island
Suicide-soldier
Gandhari
Sleeping seed
My love
Stone goddesses
I have invited this summer for you
Childbirth
Face to face
Floodgates of memory
The fire I lit
Sukirtharani
Infant language
I speak up bluntly
A faint smell of meat
Translating her
Portrait of my village
My body
Nature’s fountainhead
Every town is a hometown, all people are kin
Nothing left
The soldier
A time for birdsong
The last kiss
Castrated seed
The only woman in the world
P.S. Insights, Interviews and More
List of Publications
Translator’s Note
Acknowledgements
About the Book
About the Author
Praise for Wild Words
Copyright