Ayodhya Mein Kalpurush

Poetry has, in various ways, been a critique of civilization in every era. These recent poems by poet Bodhisattva bear significant testimony to this profoundly complex time. This exploration of the relationship between poetry and time, in an era when discovering the essence of being human in a world filled with darkness, violence, oppression, control, doubt, helplessness, and uncertainty is a daunting challenge, is a remarkable offering from the author. This innovation holds immense significance today. The way the poet weaves the relationships of myth, folklore, and the grim present, melts time in the heat of situations and emotions, creating a rugged region of memory. Within a rapidly unfolding, illogical sequence, scenes, directions, and destinations are all intertwined, revealing a vast panorama of time. On this panorama, uncharted territories of suffering and diverse forms of emotions take us to contexts that are invisible even when they are visible. Emerging from the hazy surfaces of consciousness, there are numerous characters, intertwined, creating a narrative born from the restlessness of a restless mind, revealing a terrifying truth. Significantly, there is nothing definitive, logical, systematic, or permanent in this narrative; instead, what remains is the encirclement of power structures and the nightmare born within them. A terrifying scene, filled with uncontrollable noise, intensity, unexpectedness, and strife, resonates with unheard suffering, marginalized cries, and the vibrations of suppressed pain. A poem that transcends time in this way, dismantling all codes, boundaries, and constraints, capable of capturing signs of profound anguish, seeks, in a way, to find that primal belief in creation that has always been the antithesis of power structures. This is the ground every creator must return toto protect the shattered faith that nevertheless continues to pulsate somewhere. Bodhisattva has attempted to break away from many of the clichs of contemporary poetry. These poems will surely be warmly welcomed. Vijay Kumar