Sujata Bhatt: Language, Identity & the Living Tongue

Sujata Bhatt: Language, Identity & the Living Tongue

Info! Sujata Bhatt writes from the space between languages and continents — born in Ahmedabad, raised between India and the United States, long resident in Germany — and her poetry turns that in-between condition into a living question: what happens to the mother tongue when another language takes over the mouth, the page, and the public world? This lesson traces her journey through the major collections (beginning with the prize-winning Brunizem), the central themes of linguistic survival, diasporic identity, and postcolonial history, and two of her most studied poems, “Search for My Tongue” and “A Different History,” so that readers can see how a single poet makes the politics of language feel intimate, bodily, and urgent. Sujata Bhatt: Language, Identity & the Living Tongue Diaspora, hybridity, and the postcolonial lyric · Literature · Contemporary Poetry Sections Learning Objectives Who is Sujata Bhatt? Major Works & Awards Key Themes Spotlight: Search for My Tongue Spotlight: A …