Nostalgic element in Ramanujan’s poetry

Abstract

Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan also knows as A. K. Ramanujan is an Indian poet and scholar of Indian Literature who writes in both English and Kannada. Ramanujan is a poet, scholar, a philogist, folklorist, translator and playwright. His poetry is an example of an Indian poet in English who gets strength from going back to his roots. Ramanujan poems are known for the unforgettable images, invocations in language, familial reactions, ironic descriptions, Hindu familial themes, Indianness, nostalgia, fear and anxiety and host of other things. The family of Ramanujan is one of the central metaphor. The poems of Ramajujan is like a mirror in which one can see the face of Indian tradition.