Wet Silence. Poems about Hindu Widows

& 34;Sweta Vikram captures bold raw passion, poignant reality and crafts a powerful voice for the voiceless.& 34;--Kate Campbell Stevenson, Actor& ProducerWet Silence bears moving accounts of Hindu widows in India. The book raises concern about the treatment of widowed women by society; lends their stories a voice; shares their unheard tales about marriage; reveals the heavy hand of patriarchy; and, addresses the lack of companionship and sensuality in their lives. This collection of poems covers a myriad of social evils such as misogyny, infidelity, gender inequality, and celibacy amongst other things. The poems in the collection are bold, unapologetic, and visceral. The collection will haunt you.& 34;Nothing short of sacred genius, Wet Silence reads with a sensual and dangerous grace. It is a body of work that ushers presence into absence and love into a world that has all but done away with the word.& 34; --Slash Coleman, author of The Bohemian Love Diaries and blogger for Psychology Today.& 34;Sweta& 39;s poems did a powerful job at highlighting the mental and sexual abuse, violence, loneliness and the pain experienced by millions of widows in India. Why I ask, is being a widow a crime?& 34; --Shruti Kapoor, Founder of Sayfty, an organization that helps women protect themselves against violence& 34;In a gorgeous choir of reclaimed voices, Sweta Srivastava Vikram tells the stories of women forgotten and passed over, women silenced and without choices, women who& 39;...