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Kanaka Ha. Ma.

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MAYA

The body is a walking home with a mind
Within it live my parents-grandparents-great-grandparents …
Eve and Adam …
Their parents
Germ of the divine
Into every chromosome
Are transferred
Ancestral memories of mind and body

Suffused with the past
I walk ahead
I have all inside me
I am inside all

© Translation: 2006, Kanaka Ha. Ma., Arundhathi Subramaniam

MAYA

© 2006, Kanaka Ha. Ma.

Kanaka Ha. Ma.

Kanaka Ha. Ma.

Kanaka Ha. Ma. (born 1964) is a critically acclaimed Kannada poet. Based in Mumbai, she has authored three volumes of poetry: Holebagilu (1993); Papanashini (1997); and Arabi kadalu (2006). Her Kannada translation of Javed Akhtar’s Urdu poetry appeared in a volume entitled Battalike in 2003. She has also been active as a theatre actor and freelance journalist for Kannada magazines and journal...

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MAYA

The body is a walking home with a mind
Within it live my parents-grandparents-great-grandparents …
Eve and Adam …
Their parents
Germ of the divine
Into every chromosome
Are transferred
Ancestral memories of mind and body

Suffused with the past
I walk ahead
I have all inside me
I am inside all

© 2006, Kanaka Ha. Ma., Arundhathi Subramaniam

MAYA

The body is a walking home with a mind
Within it live my parents-grandparents-great-grandparents …
Eve and Adam …
Their parents
Germ of the divine
Into every chromosome
Are transferred
Ancestral memories of mind and body

Suffused with the past
I walk ahead
I have all inside me
I am inside all

© 2006, Kanaka Ha. Ma., Arundhathi Subramaniam

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