La Visage de Femme

Visual Diary of an Unnamed Belle

“Everything I’ve learned and unlearned.
Everything I am and everything I’ve ever been.
You’re now a witness of my life”

-Anamika Dutta

Author: Anamika Dutta

  • Kolkata, I can’t love you

    Kolkata, I can’t love you

    Kolkata, I can’t love you,It’s not that I haven’t tried but look at you-You’re weak. You look defeated.To imagine once you were the jewel of India,Headquarters of the biggest empire in the world,They came in with their guns and fleet,They tried to control you,To think lords and barons once planned and plotted against you,To think…

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  • What is Love?

    What is Love?

    What is love?I feel like I’ve always been in love with the idea of being loved,Do I really know what love is?I know for sure that it’s not the big things because I’ve had them,I didn’t quite feel loved.I crave the little things,Just someone I can talk to,Someone I can be myself with unapologetically,Someone who…

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  • I’ll be a guest expert

    I’ll be a guest expert

    So excited to announce that I’ll be a guest expert at the Artapreneurs Summit 2021. Thanks to De’Nicea Hilton Harper for the nomination Click here to register for the summit Use my code “anamikadutta” for a free pass 🙂 Hope to see you there!

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  • You’re Worthy of Being Loved – How I Fell in Love with Myself Again

    You’re Worthy of Being Loved – How I Fell in Love with Myself Again

    About Anamika Dutta: Anamika is an alumna of the University of Mumbai. She’s a Researcher, Podcaster, Spoken Word Artist, and Writer. Her Podcast Spoken Word by Anamika, where she performs Spoken Word, focuses on healing through poetry and storytelling; it’s currently available on more than twenty platforms, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and…

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  • Au Revoir 2020

    Au Revoir 2020

    What a year it has been…What a year it has been!!!I know, I know, crazy, surreal?Let me think about it for a second,No, I don’t really have words for it,All I can say isWhat a year it has been. We earned some, we lost a lot,We learned some about viruses and what not!God! What a…

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  • I Am Who I’ve Been Looking For

    I Am Who I’ve Been Looking For

    I am who I’ve been looking for,I’m sexy, I’m cute,I’m loud, I’m mute,I’m emotional, I’m vulnerable,I don’t know about you but I think I’m freaking adorable,Sometimes I’m like a child to be awed by the wonders of the world,Sometimes I pave my own path,Sometimes I walk, sometimes I twirl,I’m dancer,I’m a poet,I’m a fairy,And you…

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  • If I Woke Up in Paris Again

    If I Woke Up in Paris Again

    If I woke up in Paris again,Things…would be different,Before the bakery’s aroma wake my senses up,I’d rather be wrapped up in your smell.If I woke up in Paris again,It’d be nice, a little of your sugar and a lot of my spice,Bébé, can we wake up together?Before the Sun can say “bonjour”,A quick run to…

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  • Poetry Comes to Me

    Poetry Comes to Me

    Listen to the Spoken Word version of this poem You know how poetry just comes to you?No! I didn’t wake up to write about love,No! I don’t want to write about men nor the one who broke my heart,No! I don’t want to talk about the complicated relationship with my father,Or my lonely childhood,Or, the…

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  • I Am Enough

    I Am Enough

    Listen to the Spoken Word version of this poem Anamika It started with “I feel fat”Then the spiraling happenedI don’t remember exactly when it hit me,I wanted to make myself thinnerSo I would eat paper for dinnerAnd soon all I could feel were just the bones in my body … His voice still rings into…

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  • Dear 2020, I Don’t Want to Hate You But…

    Dear 2020, I Don’t Want to Hate You But…

    The worst year, the villain of mankind – perhaps after reading this you might change your mind.

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