Open AccessTwilight
Author(s) -
P A s Preethu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the grove
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-5431
pISSN - 1137-005X
DOI - 10.17561/grove.v0i21.1739
Subject(s) - mantra , twilight , poetry , hymn , buddhism , identity (music) , juniper , literature , bodhisattva , spell , chai , art , philosophy , history , religious studies , aesthetics , theology , geography , physics , astronomy , forestry
'Twilight' is a poem about the identity crisis faced by an average Indian woman. Religious tradition speaks of her as Shakti ( goddess) who is the primordial cosmic energy representing the divine feminine. At the same time, she has to suffer a lot of atrocities in the patriarchal society, ranging from female infanticide to death. Juniper symbolises the journey in which selfhood is not compromised. In dreams of a glorious past, she chants the Sakti mantra (hymn) and invokes the goddess in the highest tip of the tree of selfhood while the cruel reality binds her to the roots.