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Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and literary critic for his fabulous critical appreciation of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-1'. Thank you very much sir for your wonderful words. Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-1"is a poem that envisages a world filled with cherished principles of life.All the material pleasures of life don't give us that ultimate union with the blissful being,for that everything that is worldly must be done away with or eschewed to the core,when we leave behind the desires and ways of the world,the true happiness surely would descend down upon us slowly but surely.It is time to go back to the drawing board in the sense that we need to go back to nature and should live a life in sync with nature all the ways,just think about the primitive human beings,in fact they didn't have tensions and worries and they always lived a life in consonance with nature,we present day human beings do have so many p...

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Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic for his brilliant critical appreciation of my poem'SOMETHING I LOOK AT-44'.Thank you very much sir for your wonderful words Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"Something I Look at-44"is a poem that is born out of the turbulences faced by the human beings in terms of their lives,the lives we lead here on this earth are filled with ups and downs and ebbs and flows all the way.In this journey of life,we go through many harrowing experiences and we overcome all these nasty experiences using the self-confidence principle inherent within our hearts.The relationship of us with the God Almighty remains always steadfast not because we keep it intact rather he loves us constantly inspite of our sins and shortcomings.The motherly figure in the world works and commits substantially for her son's welfare.Here in the poem,the individual concerned does not harbour a...

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic for writing critical appreciation on my poem 'SOMETHING I LOOK AT-18' in beautiful words.Thank you very much sir for the honour Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"Something I Look at-18"is a poem that advocates for the ushering in of peace and tranquillity into this world.Peace is the key to success in life,in a violent ridden society,nothing can work out properly and everything in such a society is in turmoil and chaos.The two crucial fundamentals that we need to install in our social dealings are peace and love,without which this world can't go far enough in its composition and make-up.When peace is inserted into a society,that society attains happiness and prosperity which can lead to the overall development and progress of that society in the long run. We are unable to bring peace into this world because of the personal egos,complexes and unwante...

A LOOK AT LIFE-53 BY - SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY                 HOPE Hope keeps hope alive, hoping against hope  keeps one going. On the thorny path of life a friend indeed without which one can hardly live and proceed. Hope is the life of the sailor in the boisterous sea,  eyes of the blind, ears and tongue of the deaf and dumb,  an oasis in the dry desert, an  unusual summer shower and  the silver moon in the dark sky. On hope stands life, in hope, we enter into a relationship, in hope we act and interact, in hope we dream, live and die Things never happen as we wish, misfortune comes and shatters the basis. In the midst of darkness nothing but a ray of hope guides,  without which life becomes too heavy a burden  to carry and relish. People come and go, things, moments and relationships are for a period, nothing remains with you expect hope, your trusted friend always with you forever in ever...

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and literary critic for his critcal appreciation of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-44'.Thank you very much sir for your wonderful words of appreciation Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-44" is a poem that speaks about the nostalgic feeling regarding love,all loves in the world do have their ups and downs and ebbs and flows.Here falling in love does take place many times,but those intense loves have not come into fruition at the end due to variegated reasons,it is not that betrayals have taken place in relation to this love rather it has happened because of the pressures and pulls to seek greener pastures that have resulted in the people being seperated from one another. But now after long years of rupture, the realisation has dawned upon the individual that it is love that is more important than anything else. So again back to that rose garden of love is effected slowly but surely. The pass...

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Here is the critical appreciation of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-42' by Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic in his own words. Thanks and gratitude sir for your wonderful analysis of the poem in beautiful words Dear Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-42" is a poem that brings into the forefront the salient features concerning life that we all need to practice in our day to day life.This life is to be a life that must be offered to others in selfless manner and services.We need to live our lives without expecting any reward from any quarters,we need to shed our desires so that we can be kept away from unhappiness all throughout our lives.If we engage in sharing than receiving in our lives,that can do us a world of good,we are subtly unhappy because we are more interested in receiving than giving freely to our fellow human beings.The funny thing about us human beings is that we are unhappy when we come t...

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-102 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY DYING A DEATH Oh my near and dear! don't stretch my life beyond nature's favour. When death is a certainty, why are you so reluctant to accept the reality? When hours and days are numbered of what use adding a few more? My body never listens to what i say, my mind is not with me, somewhere else. I am not the same I was, the battle is over, yet to fight the war. How long you will stretch my life and what for? Is a body having very little in it going to serve you and your purpose anymore? Don't drag me to the icy, I don't want to languish in pain waiting for a death so difficult to come by. I lived life to the full, let me live my last days as I wish with all that I loved and lived with. In open air and bright sunlight let me take my last breath in the midst of kith and kin, take the last few steps slowly and silently and feel the moment that stands between  life and death. Don't put ...

Thanks and gratitude Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literay critic for your fabulous analysis of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE -43'.Infact your brilliant interpretation of the poem made it look more beautiful and complete Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life -43"is a poem that sheds light on the alienation and isolation experienced by old parents in the evening of their life due to them being abandoned by their grown up children,this is a horrendous prospect,many old parents today stare at day in and day out in our society of changing value system and a total lack of concern for the geriatric population.Here in the poem,the old parents have nothing to count upon because their hopes and expectations with respect to their children looking after them in their old age are misplaced and belied to a large extent.The parents bring up children thinking and hoping that these children will be of help to them in the final stage...

Here is the critical appreciation of my poem 'SOMETHING I LOOK AT-53' by non other than Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and Internationally acclaimed lierary critic in beautiful words.Thanks and gratitude sir for your wonderful words of appreciation Dear Smruti Ranjaniji Your poem titled"Something I Look at-53" extols rightly the glory and essence of book reading and its benefits to the yonder sky.Books are to be the constant companions of human beings,they can lead human beings into the world of imagination and aesthetic sensibility.When books are given primary importance in the life of human beings,things become more consolidated and firmed up for us,so that we can confront the daily realities of life with enthusiasm,excitement,pleasure and deeper comprehension.An association with books from childhood days can fill us with wonders and manifold positive possibilities.The books can furnish us with so many advantages such as the infusion of a creative min...

Here is the critical appreciation of my poem 'SOMETHING I LOOK AT -52' by non-other than Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, an eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic and eminent poetess ma'am Nandita Samanta in beautiful words. Thanks and gratitude to Cijo sir and ma'am Nandita Samant for their wonderful words of appreciation Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"Something I Look at-52" is a very relevant poem in the backdrop of two issues of major importance dominating the discourses of our society namely privacy issue and the issue related to the freedom of expression,both are hotly debated topics at the present time.The poem begins by stating clearly that we are guaranteed the various types of freedoms as per the constitution of india and the right to various freedoms is enshrined in the constitutional documents of many countries the world over as well.But there is a rider or condition here in terms of us enjoying our freedom that is that we ...

A LOOK AT LIFE-42 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY          MAKE LIFE BEAUTIFUL The beauty of life, he knows who lives it for others, the feel of charity he feels who shares his food with another and remains hungry as such, the pleasure of giving he relishes who gives without a condition expecting nothing in reciprocation. The less you live for yourself and more for others, the more you live for yourself. Your little drops of love, affection, sacrifice and concern go a long way and fetch you the ocean in return. You are not unhappy as such, you are not happy because you think others are happier and that happiness of others is what disturbs you makes you unhappy. Most of the life you live thinking about others, their affluence and achievement, and others are always in your focus and agenda. You are so obsessed and preoccupied with others, hardly any time left for your own development. You compare yourself with others and feel sad and c...

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-101 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY                    LOVER My love! you have never betrayed me, never you can. How can you betray someone you love, how can you part with someone deep inside, a part of your body and soul. My love! I am as I was, be happy where you are. You never need to prove your love, it is never defined in terms of gain, pleasure and pain. Love reduced to a relationship becomes a bondage, loses its essence and independence, finds itself in chains, bound by a thread of expectations and reciprocation. In an air of patterned behaviour, interactions, duties and obligations love hardly finds its space. My love! marriage hardly fulfils love, rather it let it silently die. So demanding a relationship, hardly let love remain as it is, compels it to change and undergo metamorphosis to make hundreds of compromises just to live a life and keep pace with its changing needs. What ...

Here is the critical appreciation of my poem SOMETHING I LOOK AT-54 by non other than Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic in beautiful words.Thanks and gratitude sir for your words of appreciation Dear Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"Something I Look at-54"is an ample tribute to women and the yeoman services they render to humanity in multiple ways,a woman comes to the life of a child as a mother,she bears a child for ten months,delivers him/her with much pain,tends him/her with much consideration and care,takes him/her around to show the moon in the sky and teaches him/her to reach out to scale the difficult and torturous terrines in life.It is imperative that a woman of such magnanimous nature should not be banished and taken to the wire,instead she must be nurtured and taken care of under any trying situation.She is an embodiment of what the child is,the denial of her existence is a denial of life itself in all its...

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-54 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Never is the woman a burden who carried you all along. Never can she be a burden who put you on her shoulder to show you the skyline. Never she is a liability who lived her whole life for you and inculcated in you the drive to look at the moon. Don't kill her when she is still alive If you tore her  heart into pieces each piece will have your name inscribed. if you bring  tears to her eyes each drop will reflect you and tell different stories, each more vivid and poignant than the other. It is she incarnate in you Peep into her heart it is you who reign there. Don't  break it you will only break yourself don't put fire in that beautiful garden you will only burn yourself. Look at her eyes which only see you listen to her heart that only beats for you, she is flowing in your every artery and vein, her whole being is you. Look at her the poetry of love and dedication only needs a bit of it to ca...

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-53 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Books, my love! my most tangible friend! you are with me since childhood, never betrayed me once even, stood by me in moments of joy and despair, agony and apathy consoling and guiding me to my ultimate destination with mirth and glee None like you, none can be whenever I am in a fix I look at you You have answers to all my vexed questions, a panacea to all my ills. You carry truth and wisdom from generation to generation and guide civilisations to its perfection. You have in you the beauty and fragrance of the past, the knowledge of mankind, a road map for the present, a vision of the future and everything one needs to go ahead on the path of life with ease and dignity. When there was no internet, no television, no means of communication and radio was a luxury of the few, you were there  providing me with all the knowledge, wisdom and expertise and instilled the urge in me to live life to the full wit...

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-100 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Short of words to explain the man he was, my teacher and father late Raj kishore Mohanty Happy and contented he was. No looking back, no regrets for what he had not done, what he had not accomplished, no wishes except a desire for a calm and peaceful end to his serene and beautiful life. No complaint against life. Nothing against anyone A life surrendered at the feet of his guru, a life lived for his students, for their wellbeing and betterment. He loved his students, loved going miles on his bicycle to see his students smile, to solve their problems, to be with them when they are in need. Never ran after any other identity. A teacher he was, a born teacher that was the only identity he had. For him there was hardly any difference between his own kids and the students he took care. A son had to elevate himself to the level of a student to know what his father actually was. For him veda is mathematics ...