Lalitha Iyer is a Kashmiri mystic poet who has extensively written about women’s issues.[1] [2] In her books like Songs of Lust and Love and Songs of Sadness she has brought alive the eternal truths of Vedas, Upanishads, Bible and Quran through a woman’s desires and sufferings. The Indian poet Tapan Kumar Pradhan has described her poetry as unrestrained by conventional rules of grammar like the hoary Vedas.[3]

Quotes

On Love

  • The whole human life is a search for a little bit of love. If we do not get it, we become psychologically imbalanced. But when we obtain it, our life starts to dance with rhythm and harmony.
    • Songs of Sadness[4]
  • Love is God’s arms and hands. God embraces his children with love.
    • Songs of Lust and Love[5]
  • Love alone can take you to the world of beauty. Your soul needs love. Your soul’s greatest longing is love. Love is the soul’s greatest nourishment.
    • Songs of Lust and Love[6]

On Relationships

  • My mother and I do not agree on most things. But we do agree on movies and Sridevi.
  • Let babies be babies.
    • On Parenting [8]

On Writing

  • I am not dying to tell stories to your children. Writing is hard work. It needs to be paid for.
    • Lalitha Iyer interview [9]

Quotes on Lalitha Iyer

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lalitha Iyer on Pregnancy and Women. Outlook India.
  2. ↑ Lalitha Iyer Book Reviews. Goodreads.
  3. ↑ Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan. I, She and the Sea. New Delhi: Kohinoor Books. p. 217-228. ISBN 978-81-942835-9-1.
  4. ↑ Iyer, Lalitha (2020). Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan. ed. Songs of Sadness. ISBN 978-81-945797-3-1.
  5. ↑ Iyer, Lalitha (2020). Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan. ed. Songs of Lust and Love. ISBN 978-81-945797-4-8.
  6. ↑ Iyer, Lalitha (2020). Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan. ed. Songs of Lust and Love. ISBN 978-81-945797-4-8.
  7. ↑ Lalitha Iyer on Sridevi. Hindustan Times.
  8. ↑ Asian Parents.
  9. ↑ Writers Are People Too.
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