Category: Non-Fiction
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She begs Siva to remove the flesh from her human body and give her a ghoul body, and when he does that, she makes a burning ground her home, and begins to compose exquisite poetry. Later, she ascends high Kailasa on her head and asks Siva to collaborate with her in an artistic production: He is to dance to songs that she will compose and sing. He agrees. This is the 6 CE Tamizh poet, Karaikkal Ammaiyar, whose poetry and life, then and now, startle, surprise, and open doors to your own strange.
The author: Kala Krishnan