Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 15:14:22 -0700
Subject: Re: "Aquestion of balance"


Manjusree and Radhika,
	I've really enjoyed your recent posts. Loved your poem, Manjusree.
You're so lucky that you were loved by your parents. It's a gift that
lasts a lifetime, as you already know, I'm sure. As for motherhood, it
is more, much more than I expected, so I can't say it's overrated. But
then my family background seems different from yours.
	Radhika, where are you taking up a teaching job? Just curious--
Alpana

Manjusree Sen wrote:
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> Thank you, Radhika...somehow I thought you have a baby to care for
> along with a husband and your Ph.D.  But now it turns out you have
> teenaged son.  Yes, I suppose motherhood IS overrated, but my mother
> had a good time at it, despite the hard time I gave her...and somehow,
> there is no one ever as close to you as someone of your very
> own...maybe not...only God knows, I guess!
> 
> I'm glad you like this poem...the memory of the father is that of my
> own father who had to leave me crying my head off as his train sped out
> of the train station in Jaipur in 1947...then I promptly forgot my pain
> as I played in my grandmother's garden chasing all sorts of flora,
> fauna, and bird life!  I'd like to do some work on it...can you help me
> with parsing lines?  Is that asking too much?  I'm so poor at it!  My
> goal, presumptuous though it is, is to write many poems capturing
> images from my life and describing them in poetic images...I read a
> book published by an American baseball player who after retirement,
> wrote about himself in poetry and essays.
> 
> Take care and all the best!
> 
> -Manjusree
> 
> You wrote:
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> >Manju - thanks for yet another beautiful poem!
> >[[ - and believe me motherhood
> >is overrated;-)]]
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> >R
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