Garud Kisne Dekha Hai

Garuda Kisne Dekha Hai is Shrikant Vermas sixth collection of poems, being published almost a year after his death. His previous collection, M, left the poets sensibility at a crucial juncture; this collection is an authentic document of his subsequent creative journey. Here, one finds simultaneously the maturity of a poet reaching artistic culmination and the yearning for a new beginning. By this point, the poets experience has been enriched by exposure to new emotional realms, and perhaps this has given rise to a new simplicity and a transparent humility in his language, found only in the best poetry. One end of the poems in this collection touches Kashi, the other faraway Paris, thus creating a complete history and geography of the poets creative journeyand both not separately, but simultaneously. The poems in this collection are poems born from an attempt to emerge from the darkness of the twentieth century. Thats why its not just about the pain of the past and the bitterness of the present, but also about a creative yearning to forget the future. Fighting against death, these poems of the poet reveal a profound acceptance of life and a genuine, aching human yearning for it. This is what makes Garuda Kisne Dekha Hai unique and meaningful. In the poets own words, How captivating, how simple, yet meaningless, this world is meaningful.