Recipe for Ladyfinger Pickle: Poems

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Author: Kamayani
Published Date: 01/11/2022
ISBN: 978-93-92494-27-7
Pages: 150
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You will need to hunt for the finger

that has learnt to explore herself

not slender, not manicured, not gloved

maybe one that has stood up

in the face of challenges and denials.

Kamayani’s poetry is extraordinarily vehement on the issue of identity. It attacks any form of abuse to the sacred space of the female body — physical, mental, emotional. There is defiance in her words and a cold, cutting dismissal of perpetrators of exploitation. — Vinita Agrawal

Kamayani’s poems speak through layers of emancipation and wisdom, expanding visions to wider perspectives on feminism and eco-feminism. — Rochelle Potkar

KAMAYANI teaches English at the Government College in Shimla and writes poetry to articulate and complete her engagement with life. Her poems have appeared in several anthologies. Her first collection of poems, The Witch Must Die and Other Poems, published in 2020, was received well.