First and foremost a poet, Alok Mishra is an author next. Apart from these credentials, he is founder & Editor-in-Chief of Ashvamegh, an international literary magazine and also the founder of BookBoys PR, a company which helps writers brand themselves and promote their books. On this blog, Alok mostly writes about literary topics which are helpful for literature students and their teachers. He also shares his poems; personal thoughts and book reviews.
Really I am very happy to see your poem , that’s outstanding and amazing….. really I am not expressing even half of what you have wrote. ……..
This is a very strong poem Alok. Very rousing and very commendable. It is true that in the light of the current events that fanned the anti patriotic zeal of the JNU students, even the outside atmosphere is disturbed. Especially those people who hold the cattle herd mentality, are being drastically influenced by this anti national sentiment and are questioning their status quo. It is high time that we raise our voice to keep this nation in one piece and remind the people what actually is Nationalalism. And what better way can it be than expressing it via words; atleast as of now!
Thanks for the voice, Ananya! I appreciate your interest in the poem and I praise your higher concern, that for the nation and nationalism. And what an irony it is – we are talking about keeping the nation in once piece and some people from the ruling Congress party are already demanding a separate flag for Karnataka! We surely need to raise the voice now and raise it louder if those peeping Toms raise it from their side as well.
Keep up the zeal!
Alok,