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Vijay Seshadri
Vijay Seshadri

Vijay Seshadri is an American poet known for his profound emotions and rich imagination. His works often explore issues of personal identity, cultural conflict, and the deeper questions of human existence. more

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“When you're an immigrant, you're at the bottom of the ladder. You might not be at the bottom of the ladder economically. Those contradictions led me to feel that the role in society I was given didn't jive with my sense of myself. I think, in fact, that is the case with most people. Everybody feels themselves to be in an original relationship to creation, and feels confined by their social role.”

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Author:Vijay Seshadri
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“[Do you know] how it feels to be a clownish character? It's always complicated to imagine conveying yourself outside of your body. Inside myself I feel like this rich, complicated thing, and then I see representations of myself, especially in the media - and I think this is why it's troubling for me, because I feel so caricatured and flattened.”

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