Rekhte Ke Beej Aur Anya Kavitayen (19902020)

Krishna Kalpits place in the landscape of Hindi poetry is unique and special. As a poet, he is as concerned about his time and society as he is about the place, role, and personality of poetry in the civic sphere. Few writers possess such a wealth of language and linguistic courage are present today. According to Devi Prasad Mishra, Audacity, disagreement, passion, exploration, call, sigh, opposition to power, artistic diversity, moral investigation, and repeated political inaccuracyall this has combined to make Krishna Kalpit one of the most formidable poetic figures of our time. The poem Rekhte Ke Beej included in this collection, even if we ignore the other poems for now, is enough to underline his strength. According to Shiv Kishore Tiwari, In the times to come, Rekhte Ke Beej will be cited as a representative poem of postmodernism. Shambhu Gupta says that no other poet has been able to reinterpret history as pertinently as he has. Walking the thin line between acceptance and rejection, he often disturbs the contemporary literary world with his ingenuity and boldness, but his poetry proves greater than every objection. In the words of young poet Avinash Mishra, The neglect of a capable poet makes him more powerful. Krishna Kalpit has created an imbalance in Hindi poetry without being overwhelmed by craft or ostentatious with words. His poetry is a new introduction to the poetry of the East.