The Woes of a Working Woman

Thought provoking poems. Their radical aesthetics and mellow humanity - a combination so rare to find these days, amazes me. It is not what she says, but what is left unsaid, the thought in the fissures and gaps of her poetry that mesmerizes me, that captivates me with its subtle, sometimes wry humour, delicate irony. Dr. Meena T Pillai Director, School of English and Foreign Languages, University of Kerala Anju George cleverly shifts from being the voice of her gender to daily intellectual reflections. Anu Kalikal Artist and Poet Anju George's poetry deals sensitively with relationships, love, loss, yearning... Her poems are suffused with both emotion and insight, and speak of one who feels intensely, and puts words to her feelings. Few works of poetry speak more directly to the experience of what it means to be a woman today in our country. This is a collection that will speak directly to the hearts of its readers. Dr. Shashi Tharoor Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, and Author CONTENTS 9. Introduction - Jaydeep Sarangi 15. An ordinary day 16. Woes of a working mother 19. An epistle of friendship 20. Before you were born 23. A walk to remember 24. Auntie 27. Breast stories 28. Church and the sinner 31. Death and you 32. Desire 35. Equality 36. Blindness 39. Eve's paradise 40. For all mothers to know 43. Mother, you win 44. Innocence 46. A Teacher's prayer 48. To the student/party worker 51. Intellectual deliberations 52. May be we shouldn't ask questions 54. My right and your right 57. Love story 62. First night 64. Receding horizons 68. One rupee 71. Requiem to a lit student's dream 73. Mirror image ' 74. Sleep is a blessing 76. The biography of an iron rod 79. To my daughter 82. Marriage 85. Under the green wood tree 86. Rules 89. Working mothers 92. Why can't you pick me up every day?