About the Book: Ek Kapurush Ke Geet
Written at a time of personal conflict and anguish, the verses in Ek Kapurush ke
Geet by Perumal Murugan, sensitively and beautifully translated into Hindi by
Mohan Varma, portray the poets inner turbulence..
In times of despair, the only refuge of a writer is to write, not for the world,
but for himself. Therefore, in these poems, a man runs from words, a tormented
soul laments the loss of a homeland, a king orders all humans to be skinned
alive. The poems in this collection are angry yet tender, passionate yet
scornful, haunting yet courageous, reflecting the myriad emotions the