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Arithmetic
of Handcuffs
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I
have been counting
The bars around me
It's an old sum
I am coming back
to the same place I started
but I can't solve the sum
Ammamma told this to amma
Amma to me
But this old sum remains an eternal question!
Would at least my little daughter escape
the problem of this sum tomorrow? |
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(Translation
of Kalpana Rentala's Telugu poem 'Sankella
Ganitam' by M. Sridhar and Alladi Uma)
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(Kalpana Rentala works for Andhra Bhoomi and is a poet who writes
about women's place in the changing world.) |
