A review by jainandsdiary
Malhaar: When It Pours, Soak Yourself in Poetry by Ambica Uppal

4.0

I didn’t stop
Loving you
And
Perhaps I would
Never not love you.
It’s just that I started
Loving myself more.

-Ambica Uppal from Malhaar : When it pours, soak yourself in poetry



Book: Malhaar : When it pours, soak yourself in poetry
Poet: Ambica Uppal
Rating: 4/5

Malhaar is the second poetry collection of poet Ambica Uppal and this one has my heart. Malhaar is an old melody in Indian classical music and is evocative of the rains in the monsoon season. The poetry collection is divided into six parts: In Verse, Let Yourself Love and Be Loved, Lessons Learnt and Discerned, On Voyages, You and Others and Flesh, Blood and Sweat.

The poet in the poems portrayed the human feelings and emotions beautifully. The words reach directly from pages to heart. The human behaviour, human tendencies, mindset, everything is written beautifully in the poems.

There are many poems which I literally
loved. The section You and Others is the one which I liked the most. There are poems about self-love, beauty, happiness, affection and so on.

If i will start talking about this collection, it would be a spoiler as it is one of my favourite poetry collection.

The language of the book is very easy. I will recommend it to each and every one whether you are a poetry lover or not.