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AMINA TO AND FROM DELHI | ą“ą“®ą“æą“Ø ą“ąµ ą“ąµ»ą“”ąµ ą“«ąµą“°ą“ ą“”ąµ½ą“¹ą“æ
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AN APOLOGY LONG OVERDUE
What do we owe to the voices that were silenced, to the dreams buried beneath rubble, to the love that endured despite the weight of loss?
An Apology Long Overdue is a poetic reckoning, a confession, a tribute, and an act of solidarity. In these verses, Nikitha Ramanarayanan traces a reverse journey through life, moving from grief to the innocence of beginnings, confronting both personal and collective wounds.
This collection is an apology to the overlooked and the unheard, to the land that remembers and the bodies that bear witness. It carries the echoes of struggle, the weight of history, and the unyielding hope for justice. Each poem is a fragment of resistance, a quiet defiance against forgetting.
"This isn't just an apology; it is remembrance as resistance."
Annihilation of Caste
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