Themes of Gender-Dynamics, Identity-Crisis, Love, Sex, Abuse, Trauma and Survival in Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

Rupi Kaur is an Indian-born Canadian poet, writer, illustrator and performer. She was inspired by her mother to draw and paint. Throughout high school, Kaur shared her writing anonymously. She became popular by her instagram posts and her first publication, “Milk and Honey “ in 2014. She describes the change in the women as “smooth as milk’ and ‘as thick as honey’. She has boldly poured her heart out in her poems and illustrations. The poems flow like a smooth mellow river melting and exposing her heart out. The collection Milk and Honey, is especially for women and teenage girls. Women reader of this collection of vignettes of short poems will feel like looking into a looking glass. The poems sadden the readers because of the profound misogyny which is reflected in the writing. The present paper endeavours to elaborate on the themes of Gender Dynamics, identity crisis, discrimination, sex, love, trauma and survival ion this debut collection of Rupi Kaur.