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World Malayali, by Dr K Ayyappa Panikar, is a typical modernist anti-romantic poem. It is a rich, layered poem exploring questions of identity, ancestry, and belonging in an interconnected world. The protagonist of the poem, "a white boy", is looking for his roots. He passes generation after generation in many a land. The poem is composed in an open prose style. It is translated from Malayalam by the poet.SummaryThe poem begins with a "white boy" who is curious about his origins, asking, "Am...