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Book Summary
Authored by Amruta Dongray, PASTPRESENT is a book of verses. These verses are her ‘take’ on several social, economic and political issues. These verses convey messages through commonplace objects, people and the environment. A reader in Mumbai describes her writing as “simple to understand…reality with rhythmâ€.
While Amruta was comfortably placed in the role of a wife, a mother and a homemaker, the comforts that were handed to her made her increasingly uncomfortable, leading to, as she describes it “erosion of her intelligenceâ€. Having grown up with the teachings of how man needs to experience the new, learn and evolve, a four-year-long period of abundance and thus, stagnation, brought her to the brink of unhappiness.
She thanks Dr. Diwan, a friend, for gently waking her up from her forced hibernation.
In her poem ‘Cycle’ she says…’not only did the two-wheeler mock me for not knowing how to cycle, but also made me question how long will it be before I master the art of balancing daily life…balancing emotions, mind, body and soul.
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