Homing Desire in A.K. Ramanujan's Poetry
Raj Kumar Mishra
- Pages
- pp. 39-46
- Published
- January 1, 2012
Raj Kumar Mishra (2012). Homing Desire in A.K. Ramanujan's Poetry. Labyrinth, 3(1), 39-46.
Abstract
Ramanujan one of the leading expatriate Indian poets identified himself successfully with India and its culture, myth, folklore, religion, and tradition. Although he left India when he was just thirty years old, he could not forget his Indian heritage and sensibility which at last resulted in desire for home. His attempt to celebrate family, family relations, rituals, religion made critics and scholars to include him among Indian leading poets. In fact he ultimately found his roots through the medium of poems
Keywords:Home; Homing Desire; Diaspora


