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Issue Details: First known date: 1983... 1983 Australia Helix : A Spiral of Verse Sequences
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Ambi, Prabha, Amrit, Neela.
  • Epigraph: 'A sudden mystery of secret Grace / Flowers goldening our earth of red desire'. Sri Aurobindo
  • Verse sequences written during the author's stay in Australia from February to May 1979 and the months immediately following his return to India. '... Australia Helix is not a travel-record; it is merely a spasmodic effort at understanding a continent, a nation, half-unconsciously working out its destiny in a distracting and fast-changing world' (from author's Preface). Some of the poems have been previously published in journals and newspapers.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Chennai,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,:Affiliated East-West Press , 1983 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Invocationi"Darkness recedes, and the flaming banners", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 2)
Mystic Firei"What's this awesome grandeur of Space and Time,", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 4)
Traveller's Visai"I was happy to get a central seat,", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 5)
Forecomersi"Sleuthing after the just forgotten past", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 7)
Forecomers and Latecomersi"It has been called the unknown continent;", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 8)
Double Twilighti"Was it really a stasis, a desert", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 9)
'God's Miserablest Country'i"When the earliest visitors arrived,", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 10)
Not for Sale!i"This piece of earth is mine, that's your preserve;", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 11)
Abo's Lamenti"I am one of the disinherited,", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 12)
Heart of the Mysteryi"Who can take the measure of a mountain,", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 13)
Unfinished Continenti"Do I dare fling my gaze on this vastness", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 14)
A New Homei"Birds, breezes, beasts carry and scatter seeds", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 16)
'Old Sydney Town'i"It's an adventure in recollection,", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Rocksi"O'er the debris of the real old city", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 18)
Spill-Overi"With all these echoing names, it might be", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 19)
Town and Countryi"God made the country, and Man made the town;", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 20)
Royal Easter Showi"Time passed, and the gales of ignorance blew", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 21)
Slicing the History Cakei"What though human history be a web", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 22)
Narcissusi"Would you penetrate the crust of seeming", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 23)
Dig, Dig!i"Let us, then, dig for roots", K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar , single work poetry (p. 24)
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Reconfiguring 'Asian Australian' Writing : Australia, India and Inez Baranay Paul Sharrad , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 11-29) Mapping South Asian Diasporas 2018; (p. 250-267)
Reconfiguring 'Asian Australian' Writing : Australia, India and Inez Baranay Paul Sharrad , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 11-29) Mapping South Asian Diasporas 2018; (p. 250-267)
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