Golden Cacti -a collection of poems (poet Dr Sunil Sharma)

The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government, 2021

Present paper deals with Meena Alexander's River and Bridge and Sujata Bhatt's Brunizem. It attempts to show how the female poets have discovered their own voices and developed their sensibilities. Alexander and Bhatt both are diasporic poets. Indian Diasporic poetry addresses the issues of alienation, displacement and rootlessness and explores the problems of migration and diasporic life. Diaspora is a huge and vast concept in literature. Indian writers have immensely contributed to the growth of Diasporic poetry in English. Many Indian women poets write about their personal experiences, displaying feminine consciousness. The women poets of Indian diaspora have migrated to and settled in various countries like Denmark, Germany, Australia, England, and USA. Though they have settled abroad, they are connected to Indian soil and differ from Western behavioral patterns. Their poetry reflects the tensions caused by their Indian psyche in the alien situation. They express diasporic distress and female expression through their poetry. Meena Alexander and Sujata Bhatt successfully manage diasporic distress and try to assimilate into the new culture. They discovered that separation from mother tongue meaning loss of identity and feels alienated. Both the female poets talk about universal fear of poets: the fear of leaving "no word… "no following voices", and the fear of becoming a "nobody" is present in their poems. The purpose of the paper is to highlight the improved status of women in diasporic community. Diasporic women poets cannot compromise like an average woman with any imposed situation. Their poetry makes a transformation from traditionality to modernity. It is an expression of their changing attitude towards society.

The Home of Letters, 2000

Like Blake, Peeran sees the world in a grain of sand and Eternity in an hour. An administrator lisping in numbers may sound strange but Muse in Peeran has blossomed into many – splendoured exuberance in this collection of poems - IN GOLDEN TIMES. Every moment of Time is a mountain. Invisible, magical realities beyond our senses, float out of the unconscious, when the boundaries between the self and world are crossed. It opens expanded moments. The poet dives into these moments - one with nature, its darkness and mystery. Thus poems gleam as magical chalices, reality winking at the brim. Here in this collection, there is self-discovery, new grounds to liberate emotions. Let us take his most pensive poem. “Let’s walk away from this listless life to a yonder place where there is no strife, But is full of peace, solace, serenity __ a place full of nature’s beauty, Where rainbows appear upon the skyline, where minds meet the joys of the Divine, Where the art of living is a grace, Where barriers of religions have no trace”. Such poems abound in this volume. The poet rages at the injustice, prevailing all around __ “Voices of the meek ones are suppressed; They are hardly allowed to take a fresh breath. Those that dare are cruelly oppressed And ruthlessly dealt a painful death”. But he powerfully pleads that the good of masses can be restored: “Oneness in god’s plurality is the strength of Hinduism, Islam’s strength is unity in sects’ plurality, Singularity of purpose is the main strength of Jainism, Motto of service is the strength of Christianity, Self-sacrifice is the subtle strength of Sikhism, Buddhism’s solid strength is soul’s purity.” His poem on “LIFE’S STORY” is monumental : “Life is a tale of meetings and partings, Of woes, sorrows, and afflictions, Pleasures, joys, mirth and laughter, Regrets, repentance, remembrances, Fading memories, future fears, Hatred and harrowing experiences, Hearts’ outpourings, mental outbursts, Trials, turmoil’s, tears and tensions, All recording themselves in the form of Either prose or poetry.” In the above, he has portrayed all life’s dimensions – that baffle our everydayness. Tailhard de chardin stresses that the greatest blessing of the poet is to have the sublime unity of God to save the world. Poet Peeran has the concrete immensity of the far beyond. He ascends to higher spiritual planes, developing concentration of thought, increasing power of mind and gaining ecstasy which entails unity with every thing. In this noble task, Peeran attains unique crispness of language and classical gems like “TOTAL SURRENDER” reaches a peak of perfection. “With deep devotion, I burn the Candle Of my life, at His feet in total surrender. I have no complains, demands, compulsions, No grievances, grief, or pain. Undoubtedly, I am captured by HIM.” He writes HAIKU and TANKA with illumined vision. There is inner vibrancy, a matchless verbal incantation in his lyrics ! They gleam as flames, intense and fine. They have visible brilliance. They have deep poignancy. And there is passionate naturalness in all he writes. Dr. KRISHNA SRINIVAS Editor-in-Chief, POET Plot No.118, Raja Street, Dr. Seethapathi Nagar, Velachery, Chennai - 42 INDIA Phone : 243 3186 Founder President of World Poetry Society International

Phenomenal Literature,A Global Journal devoted to Language and Literature, 2018

Besides the five formally accepted disciplines of Architecture, Urban Design, Conservation, Interior Design & Valuation, Kimaya has been active in the allied field of Education, Journalism, Environmental Activism, Photography, & Poetry. POETRY: The depth & width of one’s experience condition any expression. Several experiences & sensations of Kimaya have been expressed through verse. ‘Kimaya’, the Marathi essay by the late Prof. Madhav Achwal speaks about the word ‘Kimaya’ as a journey from the give & take of mundane everyday life to that of the most beautiful & complete consciousness. The aesthetic expression cuts across the media of architecture and all the ‘rasas’ – (aesthetic sensations) Kimaya has found poetry to be a useful medium for expressing the agonies & ecstasies in this journey. Several magazines have used these verses to express the inner meanings of the accompanying prose.