Poetry at Sangam

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P.V. NARASIMHA RAO

 P.V. Narasimha Rao was born in Hyderabad in 1921, after playing an active part in the National Independence Movement, he served as a Congress minister in Andhra Pradesh. He became Chief Minister of the State in 1971. In 1973, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, and went on to hold several cabinet positions under Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, including those of Foreign Minister and Home Minister. after Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination in 1991, Rao was chosen to lead the Congress party, and became Prime Minister of India. Leading a minority government, Rao was the first Prime Minister from outside the Gandhi-Nehru family to serve out a full five year term. The Prime Ministerial role is remembered for the liberalisation of the Indian economy and the move towards free market reforms. He was a lawyer and scholar.

 

 

 

Source Poet JAYAPRABHA ANIPINDI

 

Translations by P.V. Narasimha Rao

I am Untimely Death’s Companion

I Can’t Open the Door

Into this Abandoned Island

Again in Daytime

Frozen Like a Sea of Snow

Ecstasy Like Shiva’s Dance

 

April 2020