Jaishankar Prasad’s Kamayani
Excerpts from Canto IX: Ida (Wisdom)
‘From which fathomless chasm, stirring
like a stormy surge, rises this tumultuous tempest of life,
gathering terror-stricken atomies of
Nishi Pulugurtha THE VILLAGE OF MASKS The masks lay aroundcolourfulAs they kept working on moreSome glitter added to manyA few left to dry Arrayed on the wallsand on