Abhijit Sarmah Quotes

The purpose of poetry is not to provide a solution or, say, to stop a war or prevent millions of people from dying, etc. Poetry can never do that. Poetry is all about keeping the dialogue alive. Poetry must bring forth, time and again, issues that need attention and are intentionally or unintentionally forgotten. ~ Abhijit Sarmah

My town of clouds and river
Of terrifying minds and young dreams
Streets with some people
Good people smiling
Train tracks of dreamers,
High, happy, celebrating -
Us, themselves and the beauty. ~ Abhijit Sarmah

i reach the perfect cube, and wait for
somebody to pick the phone back at home. ~ Abhijit Sarmah

PARTITION'

are your drains clean of blood now?
do you recall the names, and faces
of your own people?

did your countrymen get to die
right like human beings?

butchered sisters and mothers
still wait by the windows,
with no lantern.

that was no proper farewell
past midnight.
minarets whisper your ghazals
to an empty sky,
Koklass' know the borders too.

what have you done, sir? ~ Abhijit Sarmah

A withering gem at the heart
Of a dying river
- Majuli ~ Abhijit Sarmah

Don't I remember those rustic evenings, now
buried under a thick shawl of futile memories
when you and I, walked and talked
and melted into the lurid nightfall?
I do. ~ Abhijit Sarmah

One person's sacrifice makes millions wake up from their sleep of indifference. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Life stops not when breathing stops, life stops when action stops. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Males of all species are made for wooing females, and females typically choose among their suitors. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Only if the humans could make a little effort from the bottom of their heart to discard their affinity with religious dogmas, and embrace their inner divinity, the world would become a true peaceful paradise with zero conflicts on the basis of religious orientation. ~ Abhijit Naskar

It is true that breasts can induce sexual tension in men, but truer than that is the fact, that breasts are the primary and healthiest source of nutrition for the infant, so, if men can't use their higher mental faculty of self-restraint at the sight of breastfeeding at public places, then it's not the women who need to change their breastfeeding place, it's the men who need to work on their character. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Act beyond reward - think beyond dogmas - and feel beyond differences. ~ Abhijit Naskar

See past all arguments - all thesis and anti-thesis - all opposites, and only then true productive insight of a phenomenon or a situation would manifest in your mind. ~ Abhijit Naskar

A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Bigotry, hate, bullying, perversion and discrimination must never be considered to be human rights, because if we do, then we will never in a million years be able to instill real justice, equality and acceptance in the human society. ~ Abhijit Naskar

You are born to build the society, not to follow it. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The Kingdom of God is an earthly experience which manifests in an unearthly manner. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The real practical revolution begins when you stand up in front of an everyday injustice and say - "no more". ~ Abhijit Naskar

The kingdom of God is within the Self, for there is no God besides the Self. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Legends are born in solitude. Idiots are born in packs. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The truth that we hide is naked, the one that we flaunt is so well dressed! ~ Abhijit Kar Gupta

The more emotional you are in a situation, the more memories you'll have of that situation in the long run. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Progress begins when you liberate your mind from the shackles of your ingrained tendencies of authoritarianism – the tendencies of greed – the tendencies of hatred, rage and lust. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Saint or sage or the awakened being is not the one free from all desires and expectations, but the one who has an active conscience to see the real implications of those desires and expectations and then act accordingly for the best possible outcome for the self as well as the society. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The important thing is not to survive, but to live. ~ Abhijit Naskar

If you are human, you are spiritual - if you are human, you are religious - if you are human, you are alive. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The concern of your brain is not to see the actual nature of reality, but to represent the reality to you in such a way that suits your needs. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Biology without selfishness, is nothing but fiction. ~ Abhijit Naskar

All answers that you seek can only be found within. ~ Abhijit Naskar

All your sufferings can be alleviated by no other person but you. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Ask a child "what do you want to be when you grow up", they would say "I want to become a doctor and save lives - I want to become a cop and protect the innocent - I want to become a soldier and defend my people." But ask the same question after they finish their education, and their answer would be "I want to get a highly paid job - I want to buy a large mansion - I want to be a millionaire". Here I ask you, who turned a hero into a selfish, insecure narcissist? It's our system of education. ~ Abhijit Naskar

All women are my sisters and their problems are my problems. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Once a baby is born, the parents have around one and a half decades to build his or her character and fill the mind with vigour and virtues. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Stop talking about "rape" and start talking about "sex", and within a few decades India will attain the true mindset to prevent sexual assaults. ~ Abhijit Naskar

It is a tragedy of modern life that the light of truth scares the society much more than the darkness of ignorance. ~ Abhijit Naskar

The parts of the brain corresponding to the limbic system (thought to respond only to more visceral, immediate rewards) were activated only when the decision involved comparing a reward today with one in the future. In contrast, the lateral prefrontal cortex (a more "calculating" part of the brain) responded with a similar intensity to all decisions, regardless of the timing of the options. Brains that work like this would produce a lot of failed good intentions. And indeed, we do see a lot of those, from New Year's resolutions to gym memberships that lie unused. ~ Abhijit V. Banerjee

The holy trinity of tackling a crisis is unity, faith and sacrifice. We must stay united as humans above all else, we must have faith in ourselves and in each other and we must sacrifice our self-obsession. ~ Abhijit Naskar

You can tell a lot about the intellectual and moral progress of a nation's citizens, by the quality and nature of the films they watch. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Humanity without harmony is more dangerous to itself than the t-rex was to other creatures. ~ Abhijit Naskar

If you cannot be a human, instead you prefer to be a Christian, Muslim, Hindu or anything else, then how dare you call yourself a human! ~ Abhijit Naskar

World in Peril (The Sonnet)

The world is in peril and security is out of the window.
If now we don't be humans, what's the point of us!
Humankind is in turmoil and anxiety is running amok.
If now we don't be responsible what's the point of us!
Neighborhoods are wailing in fear and desperation.
If now we don't lend a hand what's the point of us!
Communities are struggling in crippling uncertainty.
If now we don't break narrowness what's the point of us!
Nations are panting to sustain health and sanity.
If now we don't rush to rescue what's the point of us!
Nature is revolting to reclaim her kingdom.
If now we don't make peace with her what's the point of us!
Now is not the time for theorizing and criticizing.
Forgetting argumentation we must stand as one people unbending. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Real religion does not mean Gods - it does not mean Angels and Demons - it does not mean miracles of healing. Real religion is all about you and your fellow humans. There is nothing else. ~ Abhijit Naskar

A thinking human must practice thinking. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Mysticism and supernaturalism are the descendants of ignorance and fear. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Meditation is the brain's way to exercise. ~ Abhijit Naskar

They are the humans who are intelligent enough to have insight of every single molecular underpinning of the warmth of love, and yet not let that factual knowledge ruin the romance in a relationship. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Injustice on one life is injustice on all lives. ~ Abhijit Naskar

More important than the search for truth is acceptance of ignorance. ~ Abhijit Naskar

There is no such thing as 'God given scripture', 'the messenger of God' or 'the Last Prophet'. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Civilization without responsibility, is no civilization - humanity without responsibility, is no humanity - existence without responsibility, is no existence. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Wisdom begins in knowing the self. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Instincts are effective tools of survival, but when it comes to finding true answers to real questions, your rational thinking is the person to do the job. That is why seeking truth requires keeping your innate instincts and biases in check. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Own your biases, don't be owned by them. ~ Abhijit Naskar