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Baabusha Kohli
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Gentle things yield to the wind's caress Dancing to its gentle melody Soft petals, supple branches, downy cotton, Delicate blooms, and soothing melodies – All resilient and unbreakable It's the rigid and inflexible that shatter With a resounding crash! A glass shatters, But the water within remains intact. A floral garland may break, But its sweet fragrance endures. Did you think my heart could be broken so easily? translated by Aditya Sharma |
BAABUSHA KOHLI’s poetry collections include Prem Gilahri Dil Akhrot (Love a Squirrel, Heart a Walnut; 2014) and Us Ladki Ka Naam Brahmalata Hai (The Name of that Girl is Brahmalata; 2023). Besides these, she has published the prose poetry collection Baavan Chitthiyan (52 Letters; 2018) the non-fiction prose collection Bhaap Ke Ghar Mein Sheeshe Ki Ladki (A Girl of Glass in a House of Vapour; 2021). She received the Navlekhan Award for young writers from Bharatiya Jnanpith in 2015 and the Vaagishwari Award from the Madhya Pradesh Hindi Sahitya Sammelan in 2018.
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