Poet, fiction writer, translator and amateur artist. Early years in West Bengal. Higher education in Kerala. Composed her first poem at the age of twelve. Won laurels for the institutions studied in, including KALATHILAKAM for first places in poetry and short story writing at the inter-University youth fest held at Kozhikode in 1995. After a brief stint as a teacher within and outside the country, joined the administrative staff at the M.G University, Kottayam, Kerala in 1997. Her first collection of poems, GLADIOLI AND OTHER POEMS, was published by Kairali Books, Kannur in 2006. She forms an integral part of the production of NEW VOICES, a collection of poems and poetics by five millennium poets writing in English and released in Nov, 2009 and also New Voices Writers Circle. Awaiting the release of a collection of 40 short stories by P Surendran, noted Malayalam writer, translated by her into English.
DE-STRESSING
Breaking a coconut
is a fine way to de-stress.
De-husking a coconut
brings benefits with it.
If you’re seething with anger,
break a coconut.
If you’re not happy with the result,
scrape it out,
and if you’re distressed,
squeeze it out.
and if you’re still burning,
cool yourself out
with a tender one
and oil your head to sleep.
