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Comment on ” An Old Woman” -By Arun Kolatkar by christina..

christina.. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:03:31 +0000

the poem brings out the harsh reality n general approach towards it.the person goes to the temple to seek divine blessings.but does not know how he can appease his several brothers waiting for their brothers at god’s doorsteps.to be humane is one way.to pray to god. the beggar at the door is aware what she wants and how to earn it. but the poet knows the reality through her. that is how everything cracks around .he is exposed to the bitter reality and feels reduced before her stature.

Comment on ” An Old Woman” -By Arun Kolatkar by ratnarao

ratnarao — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:58:45 +0000

Thank you for the insightful comments

Comment on ” An Old Woman” -By Arun Kolatkar by ratnarao

ratnarao — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:55:31 +0000

Thanks for your very perceptive comment

Comment on ” An Old Woman” -By Arun Kolatkar by Aloy Buragohain

Aloy Buragohain — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:07:45 +0000

The poem reflects an environ of a mystic and spiritual quest undertaken by the urban man who is concerned about the place and its structural terrain. but one look into the hollow eyes of the crone has left him reduced or philosophically humbled signifying the moral strength of the frail woman.

Comment on “On the death of a poem” -by A.K.Ramanujan by manasi bhor

manasi bhor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:55:28 +0000

i feel it means writing poem for monitory gains

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Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:33:36 +0000

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Comment on ” An Old Woman” -By Arun Kolatkar by SAGAR

SAGAR — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:22:54 +0000

Great poem. The character that comes out of the poem is excellent and magnificient. Her way of approaching that man and the reaction and helplessness of the person is something that leads you to make so many meanings out of the text.

Comment on ” An Old Woman” -By Arun Kolatkar by ratnarao

ratnarao — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:24:37 +0000

How right you are ! As somebody has already said the poem has a lot of things to say to different people and the essential beauty of the poem remains intact whatever be the interpretation .Thanks

Comment on ” An Old Woman” -By Arun Kolatkar by Bananabopel

Bananabopel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:34:37 +0000

This poem shows the contrast between the urbanity and the mysticism in Jejuri. The temples and the hills are empty and soulless because they have stripped an old woman of her sustenance. The shallowness of religion and the hollow beauty of nature can be seen through her “bullet hole” eyes.