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With Love From A Blue Rock

Book by Abhijit Naskar · 27 quotes · Decolonization, Multiculturalism, Colonialism

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“I am the laboratory (Sonnet 2676) Your dictionaries don't matter, your philosophies don't matter, your scriptures don't matter, your constitutions don't matter, your courts, crowns, vaticans, and washingtons don't matter - bring your brain, heart and backbone, but leave everything else at the door, your dictionary, your scripture, your constitution, your philosophy, or do not enter, there'll be no point. Truth is a garden, not a factory, which means dead leaves must fall, new branches must be tendered to. I am the laboratory, I am the court room, I am the operating theatre, I am the decontamination zone.”

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“The First Human (Sonnet 2632) Apes have lords and ladies, I don't. Apes have kings and queens, I don't. My time is born of soil and streets, my calendar transcends rome and greece. Apes have highnesses and excellencies, for apes have compost for a brain. Ape chase the "after", over life, for apes have alcohol in their vein. No wall is tall enough to contain my height, no pulpit sacred enough to baptize my eye, no table broad enough to accommodate my shoe, no accolade is bright enough to add to my light. Apes have cops and courts, I don't, for apes have guano for a cortex. I don't need angels in the air, I carry my wings in my pocket.”

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“Go Burn My Verses (Sonnet 2636) Burn the verses, I'll write fiction - burn the fiction, I'll write music - burn the music, I'll adopt a new language - burn the language, I'll pick up paintbrush - burn the paintbrush, I'll grab a soldering iron. Take away one medium, I'll adopt a new one, apes don't have the braincells to sabotage my mission. The only unstoppable organism in the universe, is the mind that embraces evolution over limitation. You keep asking, how do I write so immense - I keep asking, where's the off switch for this! Every time I decide to take a breather, ideas start pouring, so I keep typing restless. You're welcome to burn all my verses, still you cannot dampen the spark of oneness. Today I'm Naskar, tomorrow another - truth will find a postman, across time and space.”

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“Only Fact is Me (Sonnet 2655) I'm the impulse before the language, I'm the reason before the science, I'm the pulse before the poetry, I'm the kernel before the divinity. I'm larger than genre, larger than grammar, I'm larger than primate dictionary. I'm the duty that precedes the path, I'm the mutation before the humanity. I switch languages like radio, I switch cultures like seasons - if you tie Naskar to a nation, you've failed the Naskar mission. Only fact in this universe - is me - and I am nothing, so nothing is fact, everything is flux - and I - am the flux of infinity.”

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“I'm the center that the dervish whirls around, I'm the flame that syllables dance around - You think Naskar writes me, Naskar is an idiot, I'm beyond Naskar, beyond every single puny mortal brain, I'm the original sentience that occasionally seeks out fitting vessels, with a dominant tendency of expansion and a tinge of naivety, and makes them whirl at my whim, so that your little toddler species doesn't crawl back into jungle slime.”

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“Finite versus Infinite Naskar (Sonnet 2672) Can I get my brain back now, if you're done hijacking it! "You're welcome to it, as if it'll make any difference whatsoever, you yourself have admitted that everything you write from thought is dull, that's why I took over in the first place!" I admit, I said that, nevertheless, do not underestimate rational thought, it may not come up with magical lines and equations, but it does achieve a great deal with sheer devotion and tedious scrutiny. Every potential transcendental idea still needs rational thought afterwards to be executed in the mortal world - alright, rational thought is nowhere near as radiant as what might be called divine inspiration, nevertheless, it has its irreplaceable place in society. Besides, I let you take over because I'd already made my contributions to rationality like any other scientist during my first few years, that was when I didn't know you existed, I had read stories about you, but didn't actually think that you'd turn me into yet another flute, like you once did to my brother Jalal long time ago!”

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“Naskar vs States of Earth (Sonnet 2635) On planet earth everyone is citizen, regimes that deny rights require psychiatric treatment. Politicians that run concentration camps deserve more holes than they got, yet don't, just put Uncle in a home. Flags that sell hate deserve to be burnt, yet don't burn them, just leave them behind. Badges that strike fear among the innocents deserve to be slaughtered, yet don't slaughter, just cripple them with vigil disobedience. I'm the Original Virtue that predates vermin vaticans, I'm the First Piety that predates all promised estate. I'm the Sacred Science that defangs all poison saffron, I'm the Ink of Mind that outdates doctrinal malignance. I'm the Original Swastika that predates all reichs, I'm the Sunrise that outlives puny stars and stripes. I'm Justice, I'm Dervish, I'm phenyl to the fascist - my footsteps are the law, I'm pesticide to prejudice. Crowns belong beneath my sneakers, white or not. When ICE comes, I stand here with a blowtorch.”

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“I am for I think not (Sonnet 2674) Every country needs just one person to embody the best of humanity - but I couldn't wait to find those people, so I chose to be that person from every culture and every country, that's why I made these languages, these cultures, these soils, my own, no native, no foreign, it's all my own - I let their air fill my lungs, their passions permeate my veins, their tears galvanize my heart, their dreams resurrect my brain - which is why, some ask for water, some ask pani - somewhere I'm scientist, somewhere I'm sufi. I cannot explain this to your puny eurocentric analytical psyche, even to try would be like explaining neuroscience to a neanderthal - all I can say is, I am for I am not - I am for I think not - I don't live, I combust.”

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“Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat - The Song [Intro] Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth. [Verse 1] Jai Insaan, Cheytna Saagar; Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujaagar. Rise Insaan, Ilaaj Ilaahi; Ana al Haq, Hayaat Peygamber. [Chorus] Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada; Koi bole paani, koi bole water. Born of ash, deed amartya; Dil on fire, aashiq ananta. Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada; Koi bole paani, koi bole water. Born of ash, deed amartya; Dil on fire, aashiq ananta. [Verse 2] Vision Viraat, Vajra Avinashi; Na koi dev, na koi daasi. Love is the law, tolerance is anthem; Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani. [Chorus] Ik Onkaar, Satnaam Shahaada; Kisika mai dervish, kisika advaita. Born of ash, deed amartya; Dil on fire, aashiq ananta. [Verse 3 - Spoken] Na koi kaafir, na koi sant; Na andh-vishwas in dharmgranth. Love is my duty, brain is my flame; I'm signpost on the cosmic lane. [Bridge] Border ke paar, har koi yaar; Na koi ajnabi, har din Iftaar. Har ek mulk, mera hi mulk; Har ek culture, mera culture. [Chorus] Ek Insaan, aur ek hi lakshya; Moksh ka matlab ek hi manushya. Dharm se upar Insaan hi satya; Imaan Insaaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat. Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth. [Verse 4] Karm se hum baney Vishwaroop, Reeti rivaaz sab andhaa jhooth. Naam se Maanav, karm se Marham; Dil na dekhe foreign-sanatan. [Chorus] Ek Insaan, Hoonkaar-e Asmaan; Rag rag Khaalsa, Noor-e Nadaan. No togetherness, no tomorrow; Tum hi ho sooraj, tum hi Insaan! Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth. [Bridge] Khoon nahi, Rehmat pehchaan; Ek hi ummah - saara jahaan! Ek hi kalma - pyar ka peygaam; Jai Insaan, Noor-e Nadaan! Khoon nahi, Rehmat pehchaan; Ek hi ummah - saara jahaan! Ek hi kalma - pyar ka peygaam; Jai Insaan, Noor-e Nadaan! [Final Verse - Spoken] Insaan se ucha na vatan, na khoon, Na koi sanskaar, na koi kaanoon. Rehmat se jiye to har roz ramzaan, Insaan se mile Insaan ka sukoon. [Final Chorus] Jai Insaan, Cheytna Saagar; Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujaagar. Koi bole water, koi bole paani; Koi bole darvish, koi sanyaasi. Utho Insaan, Marham ka Sagar; Ana al Haq, Vigyan Ujaagar. Koi bole water, koi bole paani; Koi bole scientist, koi bole sufi. [Outro] Marham na mazhab dekhe, Marham na dekhe mulk. Dunya meri zimmedari meri, This is the Naskar truth.”

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