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“Solitude, when opted for by one after having a comprehensive experience of the world, makes the ground fertile for the rare union of wisdom and rhythm to generate some quality poetry!”

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“A new beginning is an illusion. We continue.”

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“Philosophy eulogises death, perturbs lives.”

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“When put to the best use, poetry has not only the power to stir one’s emotions and thoughts, but also the soul itself!”

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“Personal angst, agony, anger, anxiety and pleasure might produce good poetry. However, to create the best, as many poets have expressed in the past, these personal experiences have to be forged with imagery and wisdom to find a universal resonance.”

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“Any poet may find the most profound themes scattered along the path. Observation, if passionate, however, might debauch the deepest of themes.”

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“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.”

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“This observation, understanding, and appreciation, when combined with the excellence of poetic expression, produce the best poetry, steeped in poetic truth and served with a detached attitude that readers will find relatable, possibly universal, and also long-lasting, if not everlasting.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“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!”

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“Poetry, today, is struggling for its space. Poets are writing poems. Readers are not reading poems. Other poets are reading other poets’ poems. They seldom like or appreciate what others write. Poetry, therefore, has turned itself into an unresolving cycle of paradox!”

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“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!”

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“When poetry becomes synonymous with examination stress, it is unsurprising that readers abandon it once formal education ends.”

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“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.”

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“Solitude is a powerful tool; the master who uses this tool must have courage, conviction, experience and vision!”

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“Poetry is the rhythm composed in solitude and distributed to the masses.”

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“Sometimes by water 'and sometimes by the wind, 'my random lines on sand will be 'erased. What am I now? A ruddy rage? 'He said losing and winning matters not at all! 'He told! Unbecoming is a part of becoming again...”

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Book:Moving for Moksha

Source: Moving for Moksha

“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?”

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Book:Thoughts Between Life and Death

Source: Thoughts Between Life and Death

“Firm was my resolve and fragile was my heart. I saw many ends and many a start.”

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Book:Moving for Moksha

Source: Moving for Moksha

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