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"Kali" is a popular award-winning poem by the eminent Indian writer, linguist and literary critic Rukmini Bhaya Nair. The poem won First Prize in the Second All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1990. [1] The poem has been widely cited and anthologised in reputed journals [2] and scholarly volumes on contemporary Indian poetry. [3]
The poem has received rave reviews since its first publication in 1990 in the anthology on Indian Poetry Emerging Voices. [4] The poem has been frequently quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary Indian English Poetry. [5] The poem is regarded by critics as a jewel in contemporary Indian poetry. [6] [ failed verification ]
Although outwardly the poem describes the Hindu Goddess Kali, her tantrums and her equation with her son Ganesha and consort Shiva, the poem has a clear existentialist message for the Indian woman and her many socio-psychological trappings. [7] In her writings, Rukmini brings about this interplay between the esoteric and the mundane in systematic subjugation of Indian woman over the centuries. [8] The poem has been widely discussed at various literary festivals. [9]