HeyJaredNeelima Singh
A student of literature with a PhD in translation. Writing about the things I read, education in India, and some poems.
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Maggi (opens the original)
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Seher sits alone on a swing in her society’s park. Aditya has teased her again today; he always teases and calls her ‘maggi’ whenever Seher’s Mumma is not around. Seher came to the swings to get away from the kids who are playing ‘Posham Pa’ at some distance. She feels lonely, but then she feels someone push the swing; she turns her head to see it is her older sister, Meher. Seher screams in delight as she flies into the sky. Seher plays on the swings until the sunsets, and Mumma comes down to t
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedMy mother's tongue expands Yawns and engulfs worlds, universes My English cowers and shrinks Bowing to structures not mine made in an alien world by men not of my story My mother's tongue vibrates into onomatopoeias My English wraps itself in borrowed rhythms My mother's tongue takes a step into History and glides into the future My English stumbles on prepositions.<div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe
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