In a New Dehli Street Café

Publication Instance Details #380

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Forced Labour (incl. slavery & child labour) Gender-based violence
Irish Context	Economic Inequality (Ireland) Emigration (from Ireland) Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	I gCaifé Sráide i New Dehli
Original Author	Cathal Ó Searcaigh
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	for Seán Ó Coistealbha
Notes	This poem focuses on economic rights and comments on poverty in New Dehli. The first-person speaker of the poem compares the poverty he witnesses on the streets of New Dehli to the poverty and deprivation suffered by his own people and the people of the Donegal Gaeltacht community in previous generations. He refers to his own parent's emigration, the hiring fairs, seasonal emigration from Donegal to Scotland, the rape of servant-girls in Glasgow, and so forth. The speaker, however, does acknowledge his own privileges and relative comfort in the present-day and contrasts his status as a wealthy Westerner with the poverty all around him.