Some students put fire to the sociology and economics department in the TU a couple of days ago. Pashupati Nath's Agam Ghar, a house where the secret tantrik worship used to be done, has burnt down to ashes. The streets of Kathmandu are burning everyday. This is the definitely the 'season of fire.
And here is Laxmi Mali, who feels the heat and passes it on the readers. Aago ko Yaam, Season of Fire is her collection of poems. Her poetry is not mere figments of imagination, but a mirror the times we live in. The book depicts our time and is tears and smiles. Poems like Nachhe Galli and Manmaya are snapshots of not only our time, but the space that we inhibit. The people and places we visit in her poems are disarmingly familiar to us. Her places remind us of our neighbourhood and the people we met last evening. The metaphors and symbols in her poetry are not surreal and obscure as some modern poets tends to be.
The charm of her poetry lies in her warm, disarming tone and style that invites the readers to partake in a question like kaskalagi (for whom). If she writes of fire, it is because she feels the heat. And when she writes of pain, she feels it. While social disparity hurts her, the familiar as well as the sudden mysteries of nature hold her spellbound. A subtle contrast between nature charms and human woes is the central attraction of her poems. And like all good work of art, it touches the hearts of total strangers. Mulyankan Prakashan Griha is the publisher of Aago ko Yaam, which is a must read. Reality hurts and the poems in the collection seem very real. Statutory Warning: Don't read the book because reality not only hurts, but also burns; after all it's the Season of Fire.
BOOK REVIEW
Book : Aago ko Yaam (A poetry collection with 31 poems)
Poet : Laxmi Mali
Publisher : Mulyankan Prakashan Griha
Price : Rs 50
Pages : 56
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