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more-inAruna Gogulamanda, a Telugu-English poet representing Telugu states had a rare opportunity of presenting her poetry at the Poetry Readings by Dalit Indian English Poets hosted by the Sahitya Akademi in New Delhi recently. “ Poems of Sri Sri that motivate people and make them swing into action should be mainstream poetry too,” she added. About her experience at the session, Ms.
Aruna said that they were pointed out by an English writer who felt that Dalit experience was making Dalit poets forget the aesthetics of poetry. Today, poetry is what that comes from immediate anger and pain due to the adverse developments in the society,” she said. The session too was the first one in the history of the Akademi, a literary institution..