Eight Armed Goddess

This is a collection of poems by Sindhoor Varkoor. She is an English language trainer, creative writer, voice artist, and painter from Hyderabad, India. She holds an M.Phil degree in English from Osmania University.
 
Her first book of poems titled ‘Musing Madhawa: Viraha Madhawam’, published in June 2019, has been awarded ‘Kabi Rabindranath Tagore award-2020’ at the 2nd International Women’s Empowerment Summit (Arpita Foundation—Vrindavan, Mathura, UP) It has won a lot of appreciation and has been reviewed in several literary magazines across the world.
 
Many of her poems have been published worldwide in various journals, anthologies, and literary magazines. Her poems have been used in schools across nations to demonstrate symbolism in poetry.
 
She is the founder of Mano Antarang Academy of Life Skills—Art for Heart, which is a center for empowering women. The academy has innovative courses in English along with other courses on yoga, personality development, and emotional healing through art. As a voice artist and creative writer, she has worked with many government and private organizations. Several websites and advertisements have her concept and voice in them.
 
Closed stories
Of episodes past
Eyes, voices, breath
Life once living
All shut one day
Is each one of us a storied monument
Buried
And
Waiting to be
Unearthed?
 
Replete with rich imagery and striking metaphors, Sindhoor’s poems are stories, lyrical and powerful: of woman as a goddess, luminous but fiery; of a woman draped in tradition but not bound by it; of a woman as a nurturing mother; of a woman defying destiny; of a woman living through loss and yearning for exquisite fulfilment... These poems, her ‘textured words’, crafted with fluid ease, will leave their impress on the reader, sometimes subtle, sometimes strong.
Priti Aisola
Author: Silence as Teacher and Other Poems, See Paris for Me, Beyond the Gopurams
 
Sindhoor’s Eight Armed Goddess is mysteriously attractive, has lustrous eyes, a beautiful face, is bejeweled, draped in red silk, and carries hidden weapons. She is fearless, can carry ‘venom’, and yearns for ‘freedom’ from a claustrophobic existence. She is any woman – a doting daughter, a young maiden, a bride, a lover, a wife, a mother… who has experienced transformation. The metamorphosis is not easy but painful. She carries hurt and passion like a devouring flame. She is misunderstood. But in truth, she is Love and only Love. This collection of poems is a treasure of gems, artistically crafted to perfection with wonderful use of words. The poems touch your heart. In other words, one should not miss reading ‘Eight Armed Goddess’.
Geetha Varma
Author: To My Violin