Strawberry Poets

Strawberry poets with their rosy looks,
fashionably reading their performance poetry.
Thinkers of life poetry – protest,
lament their shabby status of
poverty and poetry, homelessness and despair.
‘Have you experienced the struggle of life?’
questions the poor poet, often swallowed by his own pity,
heat and dust, misery and illiteracy.
Poor Poet, the famous painting by Carl Spitzweg,
the German romanticist painter exemplifying the metaphor of the starving artist in his creation.
Now extravaganza of literature and culture,
the commercialization of creativity with the support of corporate bonanza,
a festival of pomp and fashion.
Life suffers it’s lifeless consciousness, mundane behavior.
The unsung heroes of poetry silently peddle with their unpublished realistic manuscripts.
Alas!

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Santasree Chaudhuri ( 1 Post)

Santasree Chaudhuri is a successful woman entrepreneur, an award-winning, internationally acclaimed women's rights activist. She participates in spiritual healing programs, political discussions and conducts relationship workshops. She spoke to BBC on various issues and also has been a regular panelist on national news channels, participated in various documentaries on atrocities against women, minor girls and child trafficking. An ardent follower of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, she is the founder Trustee and Chairperson of Green Tara Social Initiative (a charitable trust), a gender expert, actively associated with many NGOs as mentor and adviser. She is also a maker of critically acclaimed poetry films, a proud Rotarian and public speaker.
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