This week, Poulami (https://www.instagram.com/poulamisoni/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Raag Darbari" and "Her Idol," and our grandfathers.

Links to topics we touched on:1. 1947 Partition of India: https://exhibits.stanford.edu/1947-partition/about/1947-partition-of-india-pakistan and https://theconversation.com/how-the-partition-of-india-happened-and-why-its-effects-are-still-felt-today-817662. Adapting “Craking India” to “Earth”: https://browngirlmagazine.com/2018/06/cracking-india-earth-partition/

Photo of Poulami Soni by Kayla Armantrout (https://www.instagram.com/kaylaarmantrout/).

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