हलधर नाग

Quotes

• “Everyone is a poet, but only a few have the art of giving them shape.”
• “Poetry must have real-life connection and a message for the people.”
• “I cannot read, write or understand English so cannot compare the original and translated work.”
• “The hemant (dewy season) hosts almost all the plants and species on the earth. 560 million species from ant to elephant take shelter during Hemant. The small millets, the Sunflower and what not, all bloom during the hemant. Out of six seasons we now only have three. In Orissa we had Grishma (summer) Barsha (Rainy), Sarata (Autumn), and Basanta (spring). Now we are only left with summer winter and rainy.”
• “It sees, it knows, it hears, it findsBut it speaks not a wordIt stands like a mute witnessWith its strong arms spread outward”
• “Let the nectar always flowFrom the seven seasFrom the moon in the skiesFrom mother's breastFrom noble principlesAnd from the poet's scribbles”

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