English and Kannada. Ramanujan wore many hats as an author: he was a
playwright, folklorist, philologist, translator, and poet. In his academic work
as a scholar of literature he drew on his skills as a producer of literature.
His academic research ranged across four Indian languages: Tamil, Kannada,
Telugu and Sanskrit. He published about both classical and modern variants of
these literatures and also argued strongly for giving local, non-standard
dialects their due.
- Introduction courtesy www.wikipedia.com
What he said
What could my mother be
What could my mother be
To yours? What kin is my father
To yours anyway? And how
Did you and I meet ever?But in love
Our hearts have mingled
Like red earth and pouring rain
- Translation of a Sangam poetry by A.K.Ramanujam
Still Life
When she left me
after lunch, I read
for a while.
But I suddenly wanted to look again
and I saw the half-eaten
sandwich,bread,lettuce and salami,all carrying the shape
of her bite.
- Original poem by A.K. Ramanujam
Self-Portrait
I resemble everyone
I resemble everyone
but myself, and sometimes see
in shop-windows
despite the well-known laws
of optics,
the portrait of a stranger,date unknown,
often signed in a corner
by my father.
- Original poem by A.K. Ramanujam
