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By Aminah Sheikh
She read one of her poems with a lot of poise, to an audience sitting in the jungle that played host to the Kumaon Literary Festival, in Uttrakhand. A practising poet, Shelly Bhoil’s first poetry book An Ember From Her Pyre has recently been published. But her interest goes beyond poetry. It extends to Tibetan literature, an area in which she is doing meaningful work. Shelly speaks to Kitaab on her role as a growing Tibetologist and poet.
When did you begin writing poetry?
I remember writing an angry poem on patriarchy when I was in class 8. I dismissed it because it couldn’t be rhymed, which was essential in my then understanding of poetry. It was at St. Bede’s College in Shimla where I studied from 1997-2001 that I began to write poetry vigorously. Back then I mostly wrote in Hindi. My mentor (Sangeeta Saraswat) suggested I drop ‘tukbandi’ (rhyming) and experiment with different styles. Most of my early poems perhaps sound sophomoric or patriotic. By the time I graduated, I was told by my mentor that my verses had reached a certain level of maturity. College was the preparatory ground. A few years ago, I moved to Brazil, I became serious about writing and publishing poetry, this time in English. Poetry has been liberating both during
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A report on the event "Melting Boundaries: Poetry on Tibet" with Tibetan poet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa and Indian poet Eswar Anandan organised jointly by Friends of Tibet and The Media Club at the Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala on October 20, 2015.
A ferry trip from Fort Kochi to Ernakulam city is so soulful, enjoying the slow drive in the backwaters, listening to little chitchats of the local people — college students, office-goers, children — for some this being the only means of affordable transport. Listening to stories told about some parts where a ferry is the only means of transport, where one can find even an ambulance ferry!
What welcomed us was a group of young people excited to see a Tibetan woman and looking forward to hear what she has to share with them. The students who happened to be the host of the event "Melting Boundaries: Poetry on Tibet — with Tsering Wangmo and Eswar Anandan" hosted by the Media Club, Union Christian College, Aluva. Exams just a week away, this group of second year and final year students, did not want to miss such an experience, for some of them this is the first time they were seeing a Tibetan, for some, first time to hear about Tibet.
During th
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