The poems focus on the triangular island opposite wayside inn. Arun kolatkar 19312004 was one of indias greatest modern poets. Addressing fundamentalism in literature and popular culture working title. It is a typical kolatkar narrative poem like droanmixing mythallegoryand contemporary history. Several poems from kala ghoda poems were published in london. Unpublished papers, drafts of poems, and diary entries in. Like jejuri, kala ghoda is also a place poem exploring the myth, history, geography, and ethos of the place in a typical kolatkaresqe style. Kala ghoda and sarpa satra article pdf available november 2015 with 429 reads how we measure reads. An international journal of postcolonial studies from erasure to assertion. Amit chaudhuri on the poet who deserves to be as wellknown as salman rushdie. Arun kolatkars kala ghoda depicts postmodern sociopolitical india. Ghoda poems, the streets of bombay, under kolatkars scrutiny, metamorphose into historical archives which trace the citys burgeoning urban.
Some of these characteristics can be seen in jejuri and kala ghoda poems in english, but his early marathi poems are far more radical, dark and humorous than his english poems. The remarkable maturity of poetic vision embodied in the kala ghoda poems makes it something of a milestone in indian poetry in english. Some of these characteristics can be seen in jejuri and kala ghoda poems in english, but his. Moving lines the celebration of impropriety and the renewal of the world in arun kolatkars poetry. Pdf the basic endeavour of this paper is to highlight the concern of.
Amit chaudhuri on the poetry of arun kolatkar books. Arun kolatkars epic poem, jejuri, celebrates life in an indian city from its streets to its shrines. It represents the life of the underprivileged and highlights its absolute. Several poems from kala ghoda poems were published in london magazine, little magazine, chandrabhaga and poetry wales over several yearsprobably the longest literary teaser campaign ever. Some of these characteristics can be seen in jejuri and kala ghoda poems in english, but his early marathi poems are far more radical, dark and humorous. His early marathi poetry is far more audacious and takes greater liberties with language. Pdf the cartography of the local in arun kolatkars. The cartography of the local in arun kolatkars poetry journal of postcolonial writing. Always hesitant about publishing his work, kolatkar waited untilwhen he knew he was dying from cancer, before bringing out two further books, kala ghoda poems and sarpa satra. Kala ghoda poems anguish brought by hypocrisy of progress. Arun kolatkar 19322004, who was a bombay brahmin and a bilingual poet in.
He wrote prolifically, in both marathi and english, publishing in magazines and anthologies from 1955, but did not bring out a. The city alive it is as if jejuri has come home, to the heart of mumbai, to the kala ghoda area. Salman rushdie called it sprightly, clearsighted, deeply felta modern classic. Doc the poetics of the urban in arun kolatkars jejuri. Arun would sit for hours at a window table, gazing out at this stony stage.
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