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Poetry of India 44/100: K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar and the Lyric Imagination of Toru Dutt

Part 44 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through Indian poetry. Toru Dutt’s poetry brings together Indian memory, English-language expression and a deep awareness of cultural translation. Though she died very young in the nineteenth century, her work helped establish an important place for Indian writers in English. Her poems often use landscape, family memory and inherited stories to explo…

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Poetry of India 20/100: Toru Dutt’s “Our Casuarina Tree” and the Memory of Childhood

Part 20 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through India’s poetic heritage. Toru Dutt’s “Our Casuarina Tree” is a deeply personal poem in which a familiar tree becomes a symbol of childhood, memory and the people who are no longer present. The poem moves from vivid description of the tree to reflections on time and loss. This article explores its imagery and emotional structure without reprod…

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