Description
Where the word becomes flesh, where reason is dazzled and magic reigns Supreme: in that world delves Rajkumar. Sensuous and ferocious, the poetry of Rajkumar cracks open a world that offers stunning glimpses into a magic- drenched, living Dalit history. Born into a traditional shaman community in a border town between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Rajkumar revels in his ability to claim disparate discourses as his poetic subjects. His angry goddesses of unreason and excessive emotion embody br>Unfettered power and freedom—elements excised from the daily life of the Dalit. He writes not for inclusion into a centre: he has re-drawn the lines in such a way that the centre itself is meaningless. The centre must fear the other, the darkness, the Isakki, the mother with her breasts full of the poisonous essence, for we who cannot experience The Brahmam link hands and walk with our jungle gods.