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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalDr. Nandini Murali is an author who writes both, fiction and non-fiction. Amidst the Wild Flowers: Poems on Love, Loss and Longing is a companion volume to her grief memoir, Left Behind: Surviving suicide loss. Based on her lived experience (she lost her husband to suicide in 2017), this time she explores the landscape of loss and grief as a sacred wanderer who discovers wild flowers, a metaphor for growth and transformation despite challenges. A suicide prevention and mental health activist, she established SPEAK, an initiative of MS Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation (MSCT&RF), MadurRead More...
Dr. Nandini Murali is an author who writes both, fiction and non-fiction. Amidst the Wild Flowers: Poems on Love, Loss and Longing is a companion volume to her grief memoir, Left Behind: Surviving suicide loss. Based on her lived experience (she lost her husband to suicide in 2017), this time she explores the landscape of loss and grief as a sacred wanderer who discovers wild flowers, a metaphor for growth and transformation despite challenges.
A suicide prevention and mental health activist, she established SPEAK, an initiative of MS Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation (MSCT&RF), Madurai, and SPEAK2US (93754 93754) to change conversations on suicide and promote mental health.
Dr. Nandini Murali is currently Vice President, Learning and Research, Avtar Group, Chennai. She shares loving space with Malli, a gorgeous Golden Retriever, and Minnal, a delightful Rajapalayam.
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Amidst the Wild Flowers: Poems on Love, Loss and Longing, explores the sacred landscape of grief through the metaphor of poetry. Through perseverance, persistence, poise and passion, the poet discovers that while much is lost after the tragic death of her husband by suicide, much still remains.... In the desolation that’s the aftermath of a suicide, the poet wanders across her inner landscape. To her surprise and delight, Nature offers her infinite in
Amidst the Wild Flowers: Poems on Love, Loss and Longing, explores the sacred landscape of grief through the metaphor of poetry. Through perseverance, persistence, poise and passion, the poet discovers that while much is lost after the tragic death of her husband by suicide, much still remains.... In the desolation that’s the aftermath of a suicide, the poet wanders across her inner landscape. To her surprise and delight, Nature offers her infinite inspiration. Nature's resilience reinforces and reignites her own resilience and determination to reclaim her power and rebuild her life. She serendipitously discovers wild flowers, a metaphor for rediscovering meaning in her life, and for regeneration post trauma. This book of poetry is a companion volume to her grief memoir, Left Behind: Surviving suicide loss (2021).
The secret exploded…and then, five women’s lives changed forever.
Padmini is a respected and much-loved obstetrician and gynaecologist who has spent all her life living and working in Thandikudi, a remote tribal hamlet in the Palani Hills, South India. Shama teaches Women’s Studies in a well-known college in Chennai. She shares a great relationship with her mother, Padmini. Muniamma is Padmini’s trusted domestic help who knows more than she reve
The secret exploded…and then, five women’s lives changed forever.
Padmini is a respected and much-loved obstetrician and gynaecologist who has spent all her life living and working in Thandikudi, a remote tribal hamlet in the Palani Hills, South India. Shama teaches Women’s Studies in a well-known college in Chennai. She shares a great relationship with her mother, Padmini. Muniamma is Padmini’s trusted domestic help who knows more than she reveals. Malini, a contented homemaker, and her daughter, Dharini, still struggle to come to terms with the unexplained ‘disappearance’ of the most important person in their lives.
Who is this person who knits the lives of these women?
Light and Shadow traces the personal journeys of the five women as they struggle to make peace with their past and move forward.
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