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THINK ONCE MORE-14 Life is a complicated mathematic, extremely intricate and deceptive. We spend our entire life on it, making a lot of permutations and combinations, calculating and manipulating the resources at our disposal to gain undue advantages over others. We call it a competition and justify our action in the name of survival of the fittest. In this battle of unequal, innocent people are made scapegoats and their hopes and aspirations are crucified upon a cross of gold. But life defies all calculations and proves all permutation and combination to be awfully inadequate to take care of the intricacies of life. There is a limit to human perception for we do not see what is in store for us. The entire planning may go wrong for the next moment may not be ours. While living a life in the midst of luxury and affluence we should think of others who are barely making their both ends meet for the world is as much theirs as it is ours. Let us realise the stern and naked reality of lif

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, the eminent poet and literary critic for writing a beautiful critical appreciation on my poem 'SOMETHING I LOOK AT-1'.Thank you very much, sir, for your wonderful words. Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"Something I Look at-1"is a poem that sheds light upon a constructive love which can also be a social networking platform. Here the social networking site caters to the interests of one and all, the young people are glued to it and the old people do have still opportunities but they have a nagging regret within them that when they were in their youthful vigour, it was not there to humour them. This site of ever-present nature has seen fluctuating emotions of variegated nature but it always has remained unmoved by these emotional turmoils and turbulences, it has continued to serve humanity with vitality and strength. This site is a friend who allows everybody to get in touch with each other. It facilitates the es

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-103 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY             AUTUMN neither it is hot summer nor fascinating spring neither it is chill winter nor ceaseless raining definitely not the king of seasons but it is autumn the most sought-after season that reigns in the hearts of many neither it is too hot, nor too cold with traces of dark clouds and faint drizzles, moon romancing with the twinkling stars,  life is so beautiful under the autumn sky with the paddy fields waving and dancing  lotus, jasmine and roses blossoming heart and soul dance in joy to greet and worship maa durga, kali and laxmi to dispel darkness and fill life with vigour and grace monsoon rains begin to recede temperature cools down, trees shed their leaves, days become shorter, and earth assumes a new and different colour occasional rain and violent storms disrupt life, nature plays havoc with life and property, the hardship of people knows no bounds, autumn loses its charm  and festivity,

Thanks and gratitude to eminent poet and literary critic Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil for writing a beautiful critical appreciation on my poem A LOOK AT LIFE -55. Thank you very much sir for your wonderful words of appreciation. Smrutiranjanji, Your poem titled"A Look at Life-55(I Am in Love)"is a poem that gives thumbs up to that enduring and endeavouring life which never ages at any rate. The two enticing lovers are engaged in their engrossing, enthralling, captivating, riveting, alluring and regenerative love here with no strings attached whatsoever. This love is an evergreen love which never comes to a grinding halt. In fact, it goes on and on without any slackening and hesitancy. The love here that was initiated long back ago is still reverberating and reaching into its crescendo. The enchanting love transforms the individuals concerned here and their surroundings like never before. The physical erosion doesn't matter when the mind is focused upon that steadfast l

SOMETHING I LOOK AT-18 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY Life A continuous endeavour in pursuit of peace, Often equated with happiness, Which is not. Happiness is a transitory phenomenon In between two sorrows While peace is a permanent treasure When it descends deserts none To conceive of world peace is a myth When individuals are at war With emotions and instincts Anxieties and ambitions With naked self-interest parading high and high In the guise of virtue. Mentally still in the primitive society, It is a battle of each against all Balance of terror Is something we aim at, Intend to have that scenario Where each state strong enough To inflict unacceptable damage upon the other And ensure that each state lives in perpetual Fear of the other. Fear by its very nature Can never be the basis of world peace. Mental peace of the individuals Inhabiting the world Can be the only basis for sustainable peace. Peace is not a commodity To be purchased at a price Nor it

A LOOK AT LiFE-46 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY In that The stone-carved image of yours My whole world. In your temple my holy abode, At your lotus feet my whole life My identity, my possession. My past present and future Is you my maa Comes to mind that day When I was on my way, You dragged me near Looked at me with loving eyes. The infinite became finite And the mother listened to her child, The child went on asking and The mother looking at him with a smile Days went by A feeling deep and intense came I am not alone How can I be? When you are with me. Wherever I go whatever I do I always feel you by my side What to think about me, my life My happiness which is all yours When I look at you I feel you deep inside, My feelings turn into adoration Adoration into love. The more I love you The more I feel alienated From me and my mundane world Lose my identity and Become one with you copyright@smrutiranjan 19.10.2017

A LOOK AT LIFE-57 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY  you don't need to tell me i know who i am a nonentity struggling for an identity in the vast multitude of humanity living in a world where success so difficult to come by i often ask me a question if i succeed, will it make me a man? what to do with success if that will take me away from my small world from the things i love, the people i love to be with what to do with recognition and appreciation if that will make me someone else, alien to myself what to do with all my affluence if my conscience deserts me, my feelings, emotions and gestures never remain mine when nobody with me to share my accomplishment and agony what to do with that glittering world where my own do not have places to live in where my childhood friend can't  hug me men and women of my village cannot identify with me, my riches and success and look at me as if i am not their own someone who has come from another heaven of what use that su

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, an eminent poet and literary critic for writing a beautiful critical appreciation on my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-9'.Thank you very much, sir, for your wonderful review Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-9" is a poem of spiritually attuned nature bringing forth to us a transcendentalist transformative ideology of life, we human beings do have to pursue in our day to day life. The lives we lead in this world are not meant to simply while away rather we need to ponder over their meanings in a substantial and enormous manner. Sometimes, we must be self-introspective and self-retrospective in terms of our lives, we also need to turn to the path of spirituality to understand the mysteries connected with this world. We must not have the notion that this life on this earth is the end of it rather we have to consider it as a platform to reach the perfect abode that is charted out for us there in heaven. This l

A LOOK AT LIFE-56 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY THE QUEEN OF NIGHT Oh, the queen of the night! I will never succumb to your first kiss Come with your fascinating attire, Put the whole of me on fire Come with all your grace and charm Seduce me, make me fall in love with Knock at me, knock at my closed door, Again and again, to win me, win my body, mind and Heart I know not how many times I am here How many times we met and part But as and when I come You chase me like a mad beloved To meet me, feel my touch and feel me deep inside My love! We part to meet and meet to part That defines our love and romance But our joy and ecstasy Only for a few moments Then begins the tedious journey of life, It's chill and charm and that long waiting To give meaning to that eternal love and longing My love! Waiting for you since long I know you are behind my back Since the day I am here. Come in front, face to face Come with your spellbinding grandeur I will unveil tha

A LOOK AT LIFE-54 BY- SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY                 LOYALTY loyalty to what and whom? to an individual who does not understand  its meaning to a relationship that stands on permanent interests and hypocrisy to an idea that misguides and takes one to the brink of a calamity or to something else? when loyalty makes one blind to the reality when based on negative reasons and unscientific reasoning,  how hazardous it is instead of fulfilling, it kills the man within in  roles and relationships man lives remaining true and doing justice to one's roles, individuals, relationships and values in thoughts, words and deeds is what define loyalty it is never a blind commitment to naked self-interests, dogmas, superstitions and the forces and beliefs, attitudes and endeavours that is against truth and justice man and humanity responding to the larger society its needs and values, collective  conscience and betterment of humanity is what mean loyalty to remai

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Channel, an eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic for writing a wonderful critical appreciation on my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-8'. Thank you very much, sir, for your beautiful words Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-8" is a poem that poses questions to the Almighty for the existential dilemmas, we the human beings encounter in our day to day lives here in this world at the present juncture. The poem begins with posing that fundamental question regarding the very purpose of human lives here in this universe, are we here to satiate our desires or are we here to fulfil the material desires of life? The question that is to be asked again here is that what is the meaning of this life here in this world? Do we live in this world for the sake of living or do we have anything else to attain from this life such as spiritual needs and requirements? The pertinent truth is that we are here in the worl

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Channel, an eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic for writing a brilliant critical appreciation on my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-7'.Thank you very much, sir, for your wonderful words Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-7" is a poem that reiterates the idea that ask you will get, search you will find and knock the door will be opened to you. If we go ahead in our lives to seek, to find, not to yield, then successes can be attained out of life because it is not too late to seek a new world. Only through perseverance, hard work, diligence and resilience, the real achievement can be had, mere belief that fortunes can come at the drop of a hat is not ideal at all. It is better to have expectations, but for the fulfilment of those anticipations, we need to work really hard. Only through the hard ways, life can come a full circle wherein all our dreams can be translated into reality one way or the ot

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Channel, the eminent poet and literary critic for writing a beautiful critical appreciation on my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-6'.Thank you very much, sir, for your wonderful words. Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-6" is a poem that spells out the types of life, the individuals do have to pursue in their lives which can make them happy and contented. The lives we engage in must be in tune with our behavioural patterns and characteristics, we need to also live our lives in tandem and conformity with nature or in sync with our surroundings in all the ways and means. We human beings are different from one another in various respects one way or the other. So it is imperative that we don't engage in comparisons with others at any stretch of the imagination. Our qualities and refined features culturally and morally set us apart from others in all respects. We all have our natural faculties, abilities and potentialit

A LOOK AT LIFE-55 BY-SMRUTI RANJAN MOHANTY              I AM IN LOVE           for a change we just looked at each other and the rest is history life unfolded its beauty like never before we are in love once more how soon everything changed and the world became so beautiful and fascinating once again i looked at you you are the same, no signs of ageing, no wrinkles, no black spots, i could see nothing, only sense that ageless heart  beating for the sake of love those beautiful eyes, dancing dimples, rosy cheeks, quivering lips, drooping eyes and inviting gestures telling me it is not all over still, there is enough in us to captivate each other for years together love is always in its youth love never grows old, it is as it was much before  when we first fell in love we don't feel it, feel its warmth and beauty because we never look at it the way we used to look at it life is all about finding that love rediscovering the moments and passion for each ot

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, the eminent poet and literary critic for his beautiful critical appreciation of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-5'.Thank you very much, sir, for your wonderful words Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-5" is a poem of magnificent nature because it brings forth the ideals we need to practise in this world of manifold realities happening one after the other. The poem commences with the individual in the poem wanting to have wings with which he/she can fly into the past which is filled with a basketful of good memories afterall as long as this individual is concerned. We all have eyes but do we see what we must see in our lives such as the beautiful aspects of life, the eyes we have we must use to observe the attractiveness of this world, the innocent smiles of the children, the bewitchingly beautiful face of a girl and the stunning sceneries all around. There is a tinge of regret in the words of the individu

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, the eminent poet and literary critc for his fabulous critical appreciation of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-4'. Thank you very much, sir, for your wonderful words of appreciation Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life -4"is a poem that looks at life from various strands, angles and dimensions. As we go through different phases of life, we come across different circumstances and situations which teach us about various aspects of life one way or other. Whatever, it is, life should be cherished to the hilt because when it is gone, it is the endgame, so whatever good things that we can do in this life, we have to do with atmost earnestness and consideration. From childhood to old age, life teaches us many things, in early childhood we are tinged with innocence, then in the adolescent period,we are prone to the nitty grittes of life culminating in antics of various hues and colours, in the middle age,we function

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Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, the eminent poet and literary critic for his brilliant critical appreciation of my poem'sA LOOK AT LIFE-3'.Thank you very much, sir, for your wonderful words Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-3" is a poem of the spiritual dimension. The individual concerned in the poem regrets about his/her abandonment of God in his/her life here on this earth. God is along with us all in every step of the way, but often we fail to locate his presence in our midst. God is someone who is present when we need or not need him, he takes care of us each and every moment of our lives. God makes his constant presence in our lives from the beginning to the end, at no time, he shows any relenting in his love of us, he creates us and gives us the freedom to be on our own, our creator is such a benevolent figure indeed. In the course of time in our lives, we misuse the freedom that is granted to us by God Almighty and a

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Channel, the eminent poet and literary critic for his wonderful critical appreciation of my poem's LOOK AT LIFE-45'.Thanks and gratitude sir for your beautiful words Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life -45"is a poem that bares before us the peculiarities and contradictions that we come across here in this world. The fleeting nature of this world is a certainty which we can't discount at all. Everything in this world is subjected to change, that is the only reality we come across in our lives. The truths and lies also undergo multiple changes as per the transitory nature of society. Our perceptions and assumptions do depend upon the individuals we come across in our lives, often our perceptions are created by the hysteria of the massive media networks spewing out venom on us with their fake and concocted new items. The truths that you perceive as rights may not have any truth in it after all. There are cer

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic for his beautiful critical analysis of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-45'.Thank you very much sir for wonderful words of appreciation Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-45"is a timely poem advocating for an ecocentric view of the world rather than an anthropocentric view of the world.Today we still follow that old paradigm of development wherein all activities of us human beings are concentrated upon ensuring maximum comfort level for us human beings here on this earth even at the cost of the survival of the flora and the fauna in this world.We are so immersed in this game of claiming the ownership of this world that we don't mind that the fate of the world dangles at a precarious position with the ecology,environment,nature and atmoshere of it highly impaired and damaged,the natural elements of the world are highly contaminated and polluted

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and literary critic for his beautiful words of appreciation of my poem 'A LOOK AT LIFE-2'.Thank you very much sir for your wonderful words of appreciation Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-2"is a poem that dissects the concept of love in a microscopic manner.True love is conveyed through silence,it can set hearts into motions that can generate feelings of oceanic nature in the interiors of the hearts of the two people intimately drawn to each other.The passionate love is done and dusted and the love of sustainability enters the scene without the accompaniment of physicality at all.Love is a greater feeling than lust,the mixing of both is an incompatible and contradictory thing altogether.The true love reaches its Himalayan peak when two individuals attracted to each other remain in silence together seeing the world with a positive frame of minds and with no care in the world.Kudos to

Thanks and gratitude to Prof Cijo Joseph Chennelil, eminent poet and internationally acclaimed literary critic for his beautiful critical analysis of my poe m 'A LOOK AT LIFE-45'.Thank you very much sir for wonderful words of appreciation Smruti Ranjaniji, Your poem titled"A Look At Life-45"is a timely poem advocating for an ecocentric view of the world rather than an anthropocentric view of the world.Today we still follow that old paradigm of development wherein all activities of us human beings are concentrated upon ensuring maximum comfort level for us human beings here on this earth even at the cost of the survival of the flora and the fauna in this world.We are so immersed in this game of claiming the ownership of this world that we don't mind that the fate of the world dangles at a precarious position with the ecology,environment,nature and atmoshere of it highly impaired and damaged,the natural elements of the world are highly contaminated and pollu