Elements of Exile and Alienation in R. Parthasarathy's Poem 'Trial' ?

The self-imposed exile had left a traumatic impression on Parthasarathy's soul and psyche which compelled him to look for his real self in his Tamil milieu and Tamil language. "Trail", the second part of Rough Passage voices the efforts of the poet to celebrate, love as a reality here and now. The impulse to preserve his culture is at the bottom of "Trial", where he is continuously haunted by his inadequacy at his inability in Tamil language and feels segregated and alienated. The concluding part of first section "Exile" of 'Rough Passage' intoned the self awareness of his own vulnerability and the virtue of wisdom he acquired in the intense moments of conflict and sense of alienation. It is an effort on the part of the poet to recapitulate his youth against the background of the misery and loneliness he underwent during the period of his exile. Parthasarathy's poems in this section thus project an experience, the dominant mood of which is a peculiar combination of regretful wryness, tone of fear and anxiety, and symptoms of an alienated person.