WAVING AND FLOURISHING 'THE GRASS UNDER FEET'

 

About the book

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK
This is an anthology of poems on various themes basically from a woman‟s perspective, whoever is in search of „SELF-IDENTITY‟. The book is divided into two parts. First part has poems on various themes and the second part is dedicated to my mother. „GRASS‟ here represents a depiction of such females not only in Indian but all over the world where „PATRIARCHY‟ still exists. A woman is being choked to breathe forcefully, starting from her birth till the end of her life. She undergoes many a perception like the existence of human beings on the earth, real meaning of life, harsh reality of death, definition of true love, reality of relationships, existence of god, reality of religion &caste issues, value of moral & spiritual development, concept of nationality & world citizenship, brutal reality of gender & disparity, importance of female education, realization of male dominant society (its‟ customs and absurd beliefs), meaning of self-growth, identity & recognition. In this journey, having a lot of experiences, she definitely finds out the real face of this world and society. This situation gets very grim when she proves to be an ambitious one to explore her.

About the author

Ritu Aileen has been working as Lecturer in English since 2014. Born in 1980‟s, she belongs to a middle class traditional family. She is a M.A. (English), B.Ed., M.Ed., NET (Education and English) and GATE 2021(IIT BOMBAY in 2021). She loves to write poems, read books, listen to music, sing songs, dancing, making rangoli, nature photography and what not. She is a peripatetic one, a green panther, a literature lover, a knowledge seeker, a nature lover and believer of Existential Theory. She is a Star-Gazer. She loves to sit silently in the lap of nature. She loves to read „Absurd Literature‟. She follows the path suggested by Osho, Sadguru and Gautam Buddha towards spiritual development. She always finds a way out of each difficult situation and circumstance of life. Her fame among students and friends is because of her open and broad-minded nature and her polite and straight speaking manner. She bears kindness in her heart and explores ways to spread Humanity and Virtues around her which is dying everywhere.
Ritu Aileen
ritumarch2012@gmail.com

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