Knowledge is Power

  Dr Ru pali Saini Assistant Professor Department of English Govt. College, Sri Karanpur, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.   “Listening to Abida Parveen on Loop, I Understand Why I Miss Home and Why It Must Be So” by Tishani Doshi Critical Analysis               Tishani Doshi’s   poem “Listening to Abida Parveen on Loop, I Understand Why I Miss Home and Why It Must Be So” from her exquisite collection entitled “A God at the Door” is a creation enriched with multiple layers of interpretation. The poem takes the readers on a variety of trips as per their mood and lens with which they wish to take off, though with its variety of   versions this treasure trove also creates a sense of bafflement in the minds of the readers especially when they strive for figuring out some definite meanings. Along with the major themes of dislocation, identity crisis, nostalgia, usually reflected in Doshi’s compositions, this poem seems to offer more than usual specifically from the realm

  That Delayed Tryst -Ru🍁      After all, Soul was granted the permission to visit the new wonder world; since she was made from the piece of the very core of His heart, He was reluctant to part from her but she was a rapture ever experimenting and playful as He made her; His sweet companion and lovely spirit with whom He could play, together they performed all the energetic deviations, but today her demand was an indication of a strange distortion, interestingly He knew the cause but didn’t restore her for the sake of the game He meant to play with His own free spirit. Finally, the day arrived when He had to bid farewell to His dearest bit, it was an experience of tearing apart from one’s own substance; the ecstatic Soul being a part of the same fabric felt apprehensive and asked for a promise of her homecoming and that too when He would join her on returning. He showered all His love with the final statement, “I will wait every night in Avalon”, and overwhelmed He, didn’t want to ta

            O Love! O Love! Be my love, Take me to your grove. If I don’t learn to love you! Tell, How can I know you, You are the only chaste divine, Crave to immerse in your wine. Cherishing immense urge to explore you, Knowledge of whole creation is you-True. Until now my all ventures in vain, Tirelessly I try but my ego is bane. Hopeful, I'll love one day, Waiting for that holy day. Waiting eagerly for that moment, When I will breathe your torment. Yeah…the torment so soothing, As the love-wave leave nothing. Love is absolute, utterly selfless, Ever vestal Ye, but also relentless. Will shatter me but for cleansing, As pain of love is soul's mending. But O love! at my stake I will learn you, The condition is no less than become you. Be one with you is the only way, One side gate with no exit away. You are the life's sole essence, Can be tasted in divine presence. It is love which fulfills all the goals, The pivot around we play our roles.  

https://www.trouvaillereview.org/contributors/rupali-saini Honoured to appear in Trouvaille Review with my two poetic pieces 'This Quarantine' & 'Musings'. 🍁 Have a Look! ✨ Rupali Saini is an aspiring poet and academician. She has been published in Trouvaille Review, Harbinger Asylum, Otherwise Engaged Literature & Arts Journal and The Indie's Nest. Her poetry & writing stems out from her philosophical musings & she pens down her thoughts as they flow. She has been an advocate of humanity and vocal towards prejudices on any basis. She holds keen interest in intellectual discourses and writes her blog “Knowledge is Power”

Covid-19, Food Crisis & We: A Vision Hey! What’s up…quarantined buddies, how’s your Josh! for stuffing yourself with the tempting culinary experiments; relishing your taste buds while cherishing the Dearest-fats and cholesterol. Felt  the urgency to discuss, after noticing the hiking fad for this everyday meticulously designed devouring process by the majority of folks! Naah! don’t get me wrong that now I’m going to deliver a monologue on healthy eating habits but given the current situation there is something more crucial we need to mull over which may take an ugly turn if not taken the clarion call seriously. Not scaring you, what more is left to be scared in this deadly Covid-19 time, just a humble call to attract your attention over the impending doom, looming large over the creation. Today, the world is in constant fear of food shortage but India is claiming its privileged position of having enough storage of food for the next one and half years. Good News! But what i

                       *कृष्ण और तुलना * जिन श्रीकृष्ण ने निष्काम प्रेम का पाठ पढाया, उन्हीं का नाम लेकर आज का इंसान विशेषकर युवा वर्ग अपनी क्षुद्र चेष्टाओं के सही होने का प्रमाण दे रहा है। "कृष्ण करे तो रासलीला और मै करूँ तो कैरेक्टर ढीला" जैसे वक्तव्य आज के युवाओं से आम ही सुनने को मिल जाएंगे। विडंबना कृष्ण से तुलना में नहीं है, जीवन का सार तो कृष्ण बनने में ही है, परंतु युवाओं द्वारा श्रीकृष्ण का गलत चित्रण करके अपने क्रियाकलापों की पुष्टि करना दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है। रासलीला वास्तव में, श्रीकृष्ण को कामदेव के द्वारा दी गयी एक चुनौती है, जिसे श्रीकृष्ण ने स्वीकार किया। शर्त के अनुसार उन्हें, अश्विन मास की पूर्णिमा को वृंदावन के रमणीय जंगलों में स्त्रियों के साथ आना होगा व पुरुष केवल वे होंगे। नियत समय पर एक सुंदर रास हुआ, ऎसा रास, जिसमें केवल परिशुद्ध प्रेम था। ऎसा रास, जिसमें स्वयं महादेव भी अपने आपको शामिल होने से रोक ना पाएं। काम शरीर से जुड़ा है परंतु जिन गोपियों को उनके परिवारजनों ने रोक लिया था, वे समाधि लगाकर आत्मिक रूप से सम्मिलित हुई। अन्तत: कामदेव बुरी तरह से विफल ह

                                      Proud to be an Indian or HYBRID : A Dilemma    We are very proud of being Indian but my question is Are we INDIAN? We speak English, our favorite cuisine is Chinese, love western looks, dying for settling abroad and feel proud in writing in English as I’m writing but we never say We love China, England or any other country…Is this Hypocrisy or there is some error in the way we live?   Yes, the error exists for sure as neither we are pure Indian nor pure foreigner, then who we are…We are Hybrid –A mixture.                                      I’m not saying that   there is some problem in being Hybrid rather it is our special quality with extra capability of being familiar with multiple cultures, so my concern is not this hybridity in our character, the problem arises when this exotic attraction overpower an Indian mind to such an extent that she/he* begins to feel her/his* own cultures, customs, traditions, language etc as inferior,

                                                                 Logic of Spirituality        Well as the title of my today’s topic suggests that I’m going to discuss something regarding the significance of Spirituality but before I start, I feel, I must clear you that what I mean by spirituality, so Let’s start, Many people perceive spirituality as religion, philosophy or something which they believe but Guys! It’s none of them, Spirituality is our own journey, you can call it experiment as it is truly scientific in nature, so it is every individual’s personal seeking. Here question arises that what to seek and why to seek, if all is well then why to make our life more complicated by running behind some existential questions like What is God?, What is our origin or where we come from?, Who is the creator of the whole universe? Although these are the questions with which we all are very familiar  as due to human’s inquisitive nature these mysteries often create chaos in our m