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Before I saw Transformations, I never had the idea of coming with such a thematic collection. I knew that this kind of feminist, revisionist retelling had tremendous revolutionary potential, and therefore I decided to do it with Tamil and Hindu mythology.

First of course was poetic influence-the way Anne Sexton retold the Grimm Brothers’ Fairytales in her book of poems, Transformations, how Carol Ann Duffy tells the female side of the heroes story in The World’s Wife. It was a host of factors that made me conceive and come up with Ms Militancy. You’ve taken Hindu myths and retold them in poetry form from a feminist perspective. Thank you so much for taking time to talk to me, Meena. Let’s first talk about your latest book “Ms. Kavya from caught up with Meena to find out more. Her first collection of poems (“Touch”) was published in 2006 and at the end of 2010, her second collection – “Ms. With a PhD in sociolinguistics, she is currently based at Kent University as a Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow. Meena has translated into English the works of several Tamils including Eelam Tamil poet Kasi Anandan and Dalit leader Thol. Her candid words on such topics have attracted both praise and criticism.

She focuses her writing mainly on feminism and the annihilation of the caste system, but tackles other social and political issues also. Meena Kandasamy is a poet, writer, translator and social activist hailing from Tamil Nadu, India.