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Description of the Book:
Dialectic is an anthology of 18 poems and is a cathartic attempt to journal some of my intrusive thoughts and yearnings. Dialectic, like the word insinuates, is a bold attempt at stirring up conversations and raising awareness over contentious issues like the Sewol Ferry disaster; Female Genital Mutilation; the apocryphal history of African textured hair; Japan's phone booth that carries voices into the wind to the dead; fatphobia; invisible domestic labour of women; about what's it like to be in a mature adult relationship, some of them based on true stories; memories of the inner child; sparing moments to be absolutely free, an arch nemesis, self-consciousness, about the dilemma of giving alms to hijras; and a couple of poems written in my teenage years. It is a quest to manifest the philosophy of the archaic African word - Ubuntu, which reminds us that 'I am what I am because of who we all are.'
Dialectic
Author's Name: Ramya Udaiyar About the Author: Ramya Udaiyar is one of Pratham's Inspiring Leaders of Tomorrow and an alumnus of Forum for Integrated National Security, India. Based in Mumbai, she earned a formal education in Financial Markets and has assayed Indian Civil Services twice. She will soon go on to pursue her MA in International Relations in the UK. Ramya is a philomath and is passionate about gender equality, geopolitics, and diplomacy. When not swamped with work, Ramya can be found lazing around with family and binge-watching on Netflix or connecting with friends over social media. In her leisure time, she is also an amateur artist who loves painting on canvas and also raves about her favourite musical wunderkind, BTS. Book ISBN: 9789358731040