“Philosophy eulogises death, perturbs lives.” LifeWritingPhilosophyDeathPoetryReadingLiteratureAcademicDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“The modern reader must ask: what do I want from literature? Do I merely seek comfort, entertainment, prestige, or am I in search of something nobler—wisdom, empathy, truth? The way we read ultimately shapes who we are. And who we are determines what kind of world we wish to build.” WorldLiteratureVisionBooksReaderValueWriterLiterary CriticismCriticDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!” WritingTruthPoetryLiteratureCreativeBooksThoughtsCriticismPoetsDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.” WritingPoetryLiteraturePoetObservationPoetry QuotesAuthorPoets Author:Alok Mishra
“A poet not only has to observe but also absorb all the emotions objectively in order to express them in verse. Only a calm and detached mind can observe and absorb at the same time. If you participate, you may find the poetic output tilted towards your bias.” WritingWisdomPoetryLiteraturePoemAuthorPoetsVerseCraftPoetic Narrative Author:Alok Mishra
“In the beginning, poets make their best efforts to fit words into their rhyme and lyric. However, as time passes and the ink mystifies, poets tend to let their thoughts conjure a rhyme in tune with the extraordinary struggles of ordinary life.” WritingPoetryTimeLiteratureCreativeBooksPoemCriticismAuthorDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Sadly, but certainly, a promising genre of literature in poetry that began with pomp and a loud thud, a banger and an emphatic entry in the public domain with so many expectations, has been circumambulating the corridors of university classrooms and the decision war-rooms of the government-funded and apparently biased award bodies.” PoetryLiteratureOpinionPoemCriticismGenreAcademicCreative WritingDr Alok MishraThoughts On Writing Author:Alok Mishra
“From the actual public discourse of life, poetry, unfortunately, has vanished! Whatever residue is left has the silver touch of verse and aesthetic in the subconscious of the aged population from the bygone era!” PoetryLiteratureCriticismPoetry QuotesPoemsDr Alok MishraThoughts On Writing Author:Alok Mishra
“Poetry, if it has too many layers, should at least lead readers to the openings of the caves the poet built with words and then let them explore on their own! If it does not happen, the travellers might return even without knocking at all!” WritingPoetryLiteratureCriticismPoemsWriting AdviceDr Alok MishraLiterary StyleThoughts On Writing Author:Alok Mishra
“It is not the quantity of reading but the quality of engagement that defines literary worth.” LiteratureKnowledgeExpressionReaderThoughtsMeritWriterLiterary CriticismCriticDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“A great literary classic should not require an introductory essay and ten pages of footnotes to be understood. It should require a human heart and a curious mind.” WritingReadingLiteratureFictionBooksThoughtsCriticismAuthorsNovelsClassics Author:Alok Mishra
“Literary criticism, to be precise, and when pursued beyond the boundaries of academic jargon, directly serves the collective consciousness of humanity! It should be carried out to encourage mass participation in the perusal of serious literature or to find seriousness even in the most playfully written literary works. Extending the hypothesis, every author has a thread or two hidden to conceal the life lessons that are layered beneath the entertaining episodes in the storyline. Readers, at large, given their busy and callous lifestyle bereaved of the aesthetic values, may conveniently ignore toiling to reveal those layers; it is, therefore, incumbent upon literary critics to make it happen!” WritingPhilosophyLiteratureConsciousnessVisionThoughtsCriticismAppreciationLiterary CriticismDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Poetry is the rhythm composed in solitude and distributed to the masses.” WritingPhilosophyPoetryLiteraturePoemSolitudeThoughtsCriticismRhythmDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Only if I knew that knowing it would bring a burden I could seldom carry and ferry among those I know, only to be rejected. Who knows what I know? Do I know if they know? Who knows all those who know?” LifeWisdomPoetrySpiritualityLiteratureKnowledgePoemIndianDr Alok MishraSpiirtual Book:Thoughts Between Life and Death Source: Thoughts Between Life and Death
“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as a collective conscience.” WritingHumanityReadingLiteratureVisionCreativeBooksThoughtsClassicsDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“Meaningful literary criticism is like penance to please Bhagwan Shiva and ask for wisdom for the world instead of material things for oneself when God appears! Such is the spiritual gravity of deep, reflective engagement with literature.” WritingReadingLiteratureBooksCriticismNotesAcademicAuthorsDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra
“The true critic and the true reader are inextricably bound. They both recognise that literature is not just about plot or character or rhythm or rhyme. It is about meaning. It is about impact. It is about transformation.” WritingReadingLiteratureBooksExpressionReaderCriticismAuthorCriticDr Alok Mishra Author:Alok Mishra