MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE Poem
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There is a house now far away where once I received love
That woman died,
The house withdrew into silence,
Snaked moved
Among books, I was then too young
To read, and my blood turned cold
like the moon
How often I think of going
There, to peer through blind eyes
of window or
just listen to the frozen air,
Or in wild despair, pick an armful of
Darkness to bring it here to lie
Behind my bedroom like a brooding
Dog….you cannot believe, darling,
Can you, that I lived in such a house and
Was proud, and loved…..I who have lost
My way and beg now at strangers’ doors
to Receive love, at least in small change?
About the author of MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE
Kamala Das also known as Kamala Suraiyya was an Indian author and leading Malayalam author. She was born on 31 March 1934 in Kerala. She was born in India when there was British. She grew up in Calcutta. She always stood up and speak against domestic violence, marital problems, sexual oppression and about prostitutes in more than 20 books. Her famous works are Padmavati the Harlot, My story, and A Doll for Child Prostitute. She was rewarded with many awards like Vayalar Award, Varkey Award, Kerela Sahitya Akademi Award for Story, Muttathu Varkey Award and more. She died on 31 May 2009 in Pune, Maharashtra.
Introduction
The poem My Grandmother’s House is written by a very famous Indian author Kamala Das. The poem (My Grandmother’s House) is written by Kamala in memory of her grandmother. She tells about how she spent her childhood with her grandmother. Kamala Das considered those memories to be the best in her life and she desires to get them. She also grieves about her loss.
Summary of the Poem MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE
In the beginning lines of the poem My Grandmother’s House, she says that there is a house that is now very far away from her where she received love. The house which is she talking about is her grandmother in which she spent the days of her childhood. However, her grandmother is no more with her. The house “withdraws in silence” This term means without any life as her grandmother was the only soul of the house. Her grandmother also had books that Kamala could not read as she was quite young and her grandmother would read stories for her. But now snakes had found a home in those books. All these things had made that house more horrible and the poet “like the moon” (quite unhappy or sad). She is now without any life and temperateness.
The poet in the next line is expressing her desire to go to her grandmother’s house. She is so much emotionally attached to it since her childhood. She wants to look through the “blind eyes of windows” of her grandmother’s house. Here “blind eyes of windows” means that there is no one in the house to look for. She also desires to listen to “the frozen air” which means that fresh air has not moved in the house as the house is locked. The poet further says that she wants to bring the darkness of her Grandmother’s house with her “in wild despair” i.e. in her bothered life.
In the final lines of the poem, she is in conversation with her readers. She says that no one will believe that she had some of the best memories of her grandmother’s house. And now she has lost her grandmother. She begs at the door of strangers for love and care. She knows well that no one will be able to give as much love and care as her but she hopes for at least some part of it. The poets end the poem My Grandmother’s House with memories, hope and desire.
MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE Summary in Hindi
मेरी दादी का घर कविता की शुरुआत की पंक्तियों में, वह कहती है कि एक घर है जो अब उससे बहुत दूर है जहाँ उसे प्यार मिला। वह जिस घर की बात कर रही हैं वह उनकी दादी का है जिसमें उन्होंने बचपन के दिन बिताए थे। हालांकि, उनकी दादी अब उनके साथ नहीं हैं। घर "चुपचाप से पीछे हट" इस शब्द का अर्थ है बिना किसी जीवन के क्योंकि उसकी दादी घर की एकमात्र आत्मा थी। उनकी दादी के पास किताबें भी थीं जिन्हें कमला पढ़ नहीं सकती थी क्योंकि वह काफी छोटी थीं और उनकी दादी उनके लिए कहानियां पढ़ती थीं। लेकिन अब उन किताबों में सांपों को घर मिल गया था। इन सब बातों ने उस घर को और भी भयानक बना दिया था और कवि "चाँद की तरह" (काफी दुखी या उदास) था। वह अब बिना किसी जीवन और संयम के है।
अगली पंक्ति में कवि अपनी दादी के घर जाने की इच्छा व्यक्त कर रहा है। वह बचपन से ही भावनात्मक रूप से इससे बहुत जुड़ी हुई हैं। वह अपनी दादी के घर की "खिड़कियों की अंधी आँखों" से देखना चाहती है। यहां "खिड़कियों की अंधी आंखें" का मतलब है कि घर में कोई देखने वाला नहीं है। वह "जमी हुई हवा" को भी सुनना चाहती है, जिसका अर्थ है कि घर में ताजी हवा नहीं चली है क्योंकि घर में ताला लगा हुआ है। कवयित्री आगे कहती है कि वह अपनी दादी के घर के अँधेरे को अपने साथ "जंगली निराशा में" यानी अपने परेशान जीवन में लाना चाहती है।
कविता की अंतिम पंक्तियों में वह अपने पाठकों से बातचीत कर रही हैं। वह कहती है कि किसी को विश्वास नहीं होगा कि उसके पास अपनी दादी के घर की कुछ बेहतरीन यादें थीं। और अब उसने अपनी दादी को खो दिया है। वह प्यार और देखभाल के लिए अजनबियों के दरवाजे पर भीख मांगती है। वह अच्छी तरह जानती है कि कोई भी उसके जैसा प्यार और देखभाल नहीं दे पाएगा, लेकिन वह कम से कम इसके कुछ हिस्से की उम्मीद करती है। कवियों ने स्मृति, आशा और इच्छा के साथ कविता माई ग्रैंडमदर हाउस कविता का अंत किया है।
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