06/10/2018
Can't wait to read it ๐๐
Review of the book 'The Profane by Satyajit Sarna..............
I give it 4.5,/โญโญโญโญโญ.............
You know you have a keeper the moment you lay your eyes on the cover, it speaks to you in a thousand little ways. A little book of wondrous surprises is โThe Profaneโ. Satyajit Sarnaโs The Profane has 102 poems, from which I loved many, but a few of many adorned a special place in my heart; Let me tell you about Delhi, Patience, and Kaleja are a few of them............
Opening Sentence: I've read this - that plants emit light............
"How long will you read
from a single book of prayer?
And then which one is holier,
The scripture or your eye?
How long will you serve
that single wretched master?
And then which one is heavier,
the burden or your sigh?"
In โThe Profaneโ, Author Sarna has written poems that span the myriads of emotions a human goes through his entire life. To see his assemblage of work is simply astounding. He writes about love, loss, and loneliness in very humane and personal level, but he also has given readers reflections on the melancholy and life of ever developing us. Let me tell you about Delhi, Patience and Kaleja moved me on a very deep level.
The author lays his hands on the pulse of the thing and gives you fodder for thought. The unfamiliar, the familiar, loneliness, poverty, regret, sadness and joy, giving them all the respect.
Satyajit has an extraordinary relationship with words. The poems in The Profane vary in form and emotions. Satyajitโs poems play with language in wry ways that make one smile, some contain an entire world in them, others transform words into images that stare back at the reader.
You have to be a true lover of words to understand the shock of emotions it throws at you. The subtle sensuality of poems gives you sheen of satisfaction. Trust me youโll want this one on your bookshelf.............
HarperCollins India
Satyajit Sarna............
http://www.booxoul.com/profane-by-satyajit-sarna/............