Poetry of India 11/100: A.K. Ramanujan’s “Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House”
Part 11 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through India’s poetic heritage.A.K. Ramanujan’s “Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House” examines a family home as a place where objects, habits and relationships accumulate across generations. The poem’s house is not merely a building. It becomes a system that absorbs people and things, preserving the past while exposing the strange ways families…
