Poetry of India 25/100: Kumaran Asan’s ‘Chandalabhikshuki’ and Human Dignity
Part 25 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through Indian poetry.Kumaran Asan, one of the major modern Malayalam poets, used literature to examine compassion, caste and the moral contradictions of society. His narrative poem Chandalabhikshuki draws on a Buddhist story and places a socially marginalised woman at the centre of a profound encounter. This discussion focuses on the poem’s central …
