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Half is a good word.
It makes me feel like I am suffering
a portion of the pain
and the rest is stacked for another time.
In Strings Attached, Laxmeshwar flings you — in three sections — down maddening stepwells and into a multilingual, anecdotal space where rituals, taboos and refreshingly peculiar shunts in detail jostle to astonish. Here, recollections endearing and intense are shot through with hilarity in a voice that is almost carnivalesque, often poignant. — Arjun Rajendran, author of The Cosmonaut in Hergé’s Rocket
Poornima’s poetry seams effortlessly from the mundane to the profoundly political — a rare and uncanny skill among poets of the day. With freshness of perspective and immaculate diction, she is a distinct voice to watch out for when Indian English poetry unfurls into its high noon. — Chandramohan S, author of Letters to Namdeo Dhasal
In this book, Poornima Laxmeshwar achieves something rare in Indian poetry in English. She makes intangible tangible and real visceral, creating an architecture of pain and resentment, memories and regrets, helplessness and anger. She takes over the mantle from Kamala Das with an effortless elan, while adding some postmodern twists to her story. — Dibyajyoti Sarma, author of Book of Prayers for the Nonbeliver