It is a typical kolatkar narrative poem like droanmixing mythallegoryand contemporary history. His early marathi poetry is far more audacious and takes greater liberties with language. 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. 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. Some of these characteristics can be seen in jejuri and kala ghoda poems in english, but his. It represents the life of the underprivileged and highlights its absolute. Kala ghoda poems anguish brought by hypocrisy of progress. Arun kolatkars epic poem, jejuri, celebrates life in an indian city from its streets to its shrines. Arun kolatkars kala ghoda depicts postmodern sociopolitical india.
The remarkable maturity of poetic vision embodied in the kala ghoda poems makes it something of a milestone in indian poetry in english. In kala ghoda poems kolatkar emerges as a socialist with a responsibility to unleash. An international journal of postcolonial studies from erasure to assertion. 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. Sarpa satra is an english version of a poem with a similar name in bhijki vahi. Amit chaudhuri on the poet who deserves to be as wellknown as salman rushdie. Arun would sit for hours at a window table, gazing out at this stony stage. Doc the poetics of the urban in arun kolatkars jejuri.
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. Unpublished papers, drafts of poems, and diary entries in. Arun kolatkar 19322004, who was a bombay brahmin and a bilingual poet in. Moving lines the celebration of impropriety and the renewal of the world in arun kolatkars poetry. Anguish brought by hypocrisy of progress 37 this paper attempts to highlight the life of mumbai portrayed in breakfast time at kala ghoda. He wrote prolifically, in both marathi and english, publishing in magazines and anthologies from 1955, but did not bring out a. Addressing fundamentalism in literature and popular culture working title. The city alive it is as if jejuri has come home, to the heart of mumbai, to the kala ghoda area. Pdf the basic endeavour of this paper is to highlight the concern of. The scene of the underprivileged coming together for breakfast and enjoying life quite optimistically stands entirely in contrast to the lives of their masters. Amit chaudhuri on the poetry of arun kolatkar books. Ghoda poems, the streets of bombay, under kolatkars scrutiny, metamorphose into historical archives which trace the citys burgeoning urban. The poems focus on the triangular island opposite wayside inn.
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. Pdf the cartography of the local in arun kolatkars. It is a typical kolatkar narrative poem like droan, mixing myth, allegory, and contemporary history. Salman rushdie called it sprightly, clearsighted, deeply felta modern classic. The cartography of the local in arun kolatkars poetry journal of postcolonial writing. Several poems from kala ghoda poems were published in london.
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