Unveiling Power and Passion: Inside Sangamirtha Iyer’s Riveting Memoir of Political Currents
Governing Bodies is rife with metaphor which aligns with the author’s passion for poetry. Water is a story about family. The body is a form of measurement. Responsibility is fractal (practice reform on a small scale). Obligation is tyrannical (once we care, how do we not care?). Ideas are a contour map that lead us to truth. Landscapes are emotional. Eyes are sympathetic. Anger is dirt. Soil is memory. Grief is subversive. Work is love.
Reading Governing Bodies will soften you. That is, after all, what tenderizers are meant to do. You will walk away seeing more of what’s right before your eyes. You will think more about how to alleviate suffering. You will understand how your life is linked to all other lives. You will lose cruelty and gain giving.
