Women’s writing was always been marred by allegations that declare it emotional, passive, weak, and not intellectual and rational. Anamika’s poem Striyaan [Women] is an oblique and subtle, ironical and slant, gentle but firm poetic comment on gendered expectations, assumptions, allegations, and definitions that impinge on women’s lives.
For Bol this week, Ankita Anand, poet and an independent journalist recognised for her contribution towards promoting gender sensitive reporting, reads Anamika.
