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I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

A Collection of Poems

By: Saumitra Saxena, Dhiraj Singh

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I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

A Collection of Poems

By: Saumitra Saxena, Dhiraj Singh

Introducing Saumitra’s poetry to an English relishing readership is like reliving its flavor a few years ago in Hindi when these very poems caught the print eye of an eminent publisher, Bharatiya Gyanpith. Saumitra’s selection was not only published from there but also awarded the ‘Yuva Puruskar’ and these poems have been expertly translated by Dhiraj Singh who gives a Midas touch of his pen when moving from one language to another. Saumitra is, by profession an engineer and by passion, a poet. He has moved away from India, but his sensibility is filled with boyhood memories and tender moments of his youth. With an economy of words, he expresses himself in short verses that look like a map of his moods. All aspects of nature find expression with Saumitra so much so that he emerges as a friend of live landscapes, changing skies and the smell of raw mangoes. He has a Wordsworthian involvement with nature and with the simple sweet voice of humanity. The translation by Dhiraj Singh is equally sensitive and soulful, conveying the author’s creativity convincingly. To quote the very first poem- ‘Every tree Calls out to her But she chooses Her tree and sits on it She chooses and sits And that is all There is to it.’ At first sight these may appear to be single–focus expressions but page after page you come across sensitive lines like these you are bound to feel involved. ‘I am a bird Let me laugh In your skies Have fun in the furrows of Your fields And your shimmering Irrigation ponds’ Poetry is not a sealed-off entity of nature alone. We live in an urban world and our concerns are city-bred. Then what impacts our young poet to focus on greener landscapes. Actually this appears to be Saumitra’s retort to the mechanized, mundane metro culture that leaves us myopic to personal pleasures and the bounty of nature. - Mamta Kalia

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Kahin Door Jakar… Dam Todne Ka Man Hota Hai

A poetry collection

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Kahin Door Jakar… Dam Todne Ka Man Hota Hai

A poetry collection

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Saumitra's poetry has been a companion of mine for a time that stretches long and far, weaving its way through the fabric of life. I have seen his verse evolve, blossoming from the seeds of his early poems, growing into the beautiful tapestry that tells the stories of relationships, tender and intimate. In the irony of the times, he remembers all, the connections that bind us - brother and sister, aunt, mother, and father. His poetry speaks of sorrow and pain, yet not as an outcry, but as a quiet whisper, a gentle touch that reveals the depth of emotion hidden within silence. The chaos of life fades away, replaced by the eloquence and beauty of his words. Saumitra finds a unique connection between relationships and the places that hold them. In poems like 'Bhopal Kabhi Nahi Gaya,' he captures the ever-changing landscape of human emotions, intertwining them with the abstract geography of cities that exist deep within our hearts. It is said that a true poet embraces the local, finding meaning in the smallest of places, allowing them to travel the world through their verse. Like Viren Dangwal, Saumitra discovers poetry in every subject, from the darkest corners of incurable disease to the enigmatic realms of quantum physics. His words illuminate each topic with poetic light, making the waves of life force burst forth. Saumitra walks with his poetic tradition, not simply alongside life but immersed in its very essence. In his poetry, one can find happiness and sorrow, hope and despair, yet he stands firmly against fatigue and defeat. It is this power, this unwavering strength, that makes his poetry truly remarkable.-Hari Bhatnagar

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Ek Swapnadrashta ka Romanticism

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Ek Swapnadrashta ka Romanticism

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The Romanticism of a Dreamer' is a long poem by Saumitra. If we think of long-poems, Nirala's 'Ram ki Shaktipuja', Trilochan's 'Nagai Mehra', Muktibodh's' Andhere Mein', 'Patkatha' by Dhumil, and 'Lukman Ali' by Saumitra Mohan at once spring to mind. You may also find long-poems by Vishnu Khare, Leeladhar Jagudi, Chandrakant Devtale, Man Bahadur Singh and Bhagwat Rawat, but any search for the genre after them leaves you empty handed. The present poem by Saumitra may be taken as the next page of the Hindi poetic tradition. Entering the core of the poem one feels the poet's anxiety about the present. And what exactly is that concern? Racial violence, estrangement, loss of freedom, pillage, genocide, bloodshed in name of religion, struggle for dominance— these are the burning issues that have not only taken hold of today's India, but the entire world. These are the flames devouring natural human values like freedom, love and sympathy. Saumitra is a dreamer, who has nothing to lose but a world to gain— who yearns for peace, tranquillity and freedom for the entire humanity. He gives form to the contemporary tragedy through miniature images and pictures. The truth of today's life is not presented here through some romantic perspective, but rather through that eye for a reality in which sages like Abraham Lincoln, John Hus and Mahatma Gandhi had to lay down their lives for the sake of freedom, love and unity. This poem written in simple, straightforward diction, presents the blood-smeared history of human cruelty, in backdrop of which, despite hopelessness, there is yet enough sparkle of hope to make man stand up again. Actually it’s the quality of our native tradition which has been conveyed through a unique mode of expression. When Marium, Lincoln and Gandhi get metamorphosed into the persona of the poet, it exemplifies his life-association: "Halt friend Stay put Come! Exchange your ideas With me For humanity's sake—” This transfer of ideas has the power to connect man with man. Saumitra in reality, is a poet with a desire— a pleader for the entire humanity. With a dream for a society in which man may breathe in his natural form. This long-poem is the living image of that dream. - Hari Bhatnagar

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I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

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I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater: A Collection of Poems

By: Saumitra Saxena,Dhiraj Singh

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I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater: A Collection of Poems

By: Saumitra Saxena,Dhiraj Singh

Introducing Saumitra's poetry to an English relishing readership is like reliving its flavor a few years ago in Hindi when these very poems caught the print eye of an eminent publisher, Bharatiya Gyanpith. Saumitra's selection was not only published from there but also awarded the 'Yuva Puruskar' and these poems have been expertly translated by Dhiraj Singh who gives a Midas touch of his pen when moving from one language to another. Saumitra is, by profession an engineer and by passion, a poet. He has moved away from India, but his sensibility is filled with boyhood memories and tender moments of his youth. With an economy of words, he expresses himself in short verses that look like a map of his moods. All aspects of nature find expression with Saumitra so much so that he emerges as a friend of live landscapes, changing skies and the smell of raw mangoes. He has a Wordsworthian involvement with nature and with the simple sweet voice of humanity. The translation by Dhiraj Singh is equally sensitive and soulful, conveying the author's creativity convincingly. To quote the very first poem- 'Every tree Calls out to her But she chooses Her tree and sits on it She chooses and sits And that is all There is to it.' At first sight these may appear to be single-focus expressions but page after page you come across sensitive lines like these you are bound to feel involved. Poetry is not a sealed-off entity of nature alone. We live in an urban world and our concerns are city-bred. Then what impacts our young poet to focus on greener landscapes. Actually this appears to be Saumitra's retort to the mechanized, mundane metro culture that leaves us myopic to personal pleasures and the bounty of nature. - Mamta Kalia

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164783547X

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Book's by Saumitra Saxena

I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

Kahin Door Jakar… Dam Todne Ka Man Hota Hai

Kahin Door Jakar… Dam Todne Ka Man Hota Hai

Ek Swapnadrashta ka Romanticism

Ek Swapnadrashta ka Romanticism

Ek Swapnadrashta ka Romanticism

Ek Swapnadrashta ka Romanticism

I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater: A Collection of Poems

I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater: A Collection of Poems

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