Second Sight

by A.K. Ramanujan

In this new collection of poems by a leading Indian poet, now living in the U.S., Ramanujan writes about his existence and experiences in this country. Although the poems are about his life in the U.S. They continue to reflect the influence of India and Indian relatives on his perspective on
his experiences.

Genres: Poetry

88 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 18, 1986

About the author

Ramanujan was an Indian poet, scholar and author, a philologist, folklorist, translator, poet and playwright. His academic research ranged across five languages: Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit, and English. He published works on both classical and modern variants of these literature and also argued strongly for giving local, non-standard dialects their due.

He was called "Indo-Anglian harbingers of literary modernism". Several disciplinary areas are enriched with A.K.Ramanujan`s aesthetic and theoretical contributions. His free thinking context and his individuality which he attributes to Euro-American culture gives rise to the "universal testaments of law". A classical kind of context-sensitive theme is also found in his cultural essays especially in his writings about Indian folklore and classic poetry. He worked for non-Sanskritic Indian literature and his popular work in sociolinguistics and literature unfolds his creativity in the most striking way. English Poetry most popularly knows him for his advance guard approach.

Reviews

[Timothy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very consistent but every now and then you find a real gem. The poem "In the Zoo" is charming and strangely affecting.

[Seema]

nothing

[Benjamin Karam · Rating 3 out of 5]

"and watch
for the last
step that's never there."