Kala Ramesh

                             Back and forth we go, unrelentless in our search.

                                         the heat returns
                                                                         you are vaccinated
                               the hanging mangoes
                                                   eavesdrop                                        
                                                                         and your kids aren’t …
                          the same in every house
                                                                         what now

       caged for a year and more what we’ve done to birds and animals for aeons

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About the Author

Kala Ramesh is a renowned pioneer in the field of haikai literature in India. Her 2017 book Beyond the Horizon Beyond was awarded a Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize Certificate.