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Reader's opinion (18)
Snigdha MukherjeeAug 15th, 2011 at 05:23 AM
Poets have died, not poetry
Rajeev RoarkJul 11th, 2011 at 05:31 AM
What a load of crap!!
I myself agree with Kunal Anand's effect as I myself have been witness to Delhi Poetree's commendable drive at keeping poetry well and alive. And no the poets at DP readings are not spelling mistake poets or whatever. Search for the group on FB and you will find great poems.
Rajesh MishraMar 19th, 2011 at 23:03 PM
God is dead
-Nietzsche
Nietzsche is dead
- God
Poetry is dead.
Long live poetry.
Poetry will survive us all!
Srinivas kollurFeb 1st, 2011 at 20:59 PM
I doubt if the author even knows what poetry is. Behavior and values that represent emotions may change with time, but not the emotion itself. And poetry is all about uninhibited expression of emotions. Poetry need not always be in Urdu, Sanskrit, Tatsum Hindi or Awadhi. It can be in Hinglish too.
Gaurav AroraJan 20th, 2011 at 22:48 PM
I am an amateur poet and probably I'll die the same way.
Why?
I don't have readers to let me know what i need to do, to make it better, rather to say two simple words like, good one or a bad one..
none cares, but I really don't care the neglect. Visit me someday if you like.
Dayalsingh AilsinghaniJan 13th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
Pessimists at large! Poetry, depending on whims of mankind is an EVER GREEN vocation and people will continue to express their feelings undaunted.
Syed M ShareefJan 11th, 2011 at 14:33 PM
Na Sahib-anay junoo hain Na Ah-lay kash-fo-kamal
Hamaray hi A-haid may a'een kasafatay kaisi
Jan 10th, 2011 at 21:36 PM
Yes you people yourself because you people concentrate on major cities in India Whereasyoupeopleneedtogrowafresh fromtinylivingplaces.Ihaveanideawhatyou doYoupeoplestartopeningLibrariesinthe districtheadquatersbooksrelatedeverysubjectmustbegiveashelfIknowitsabigprojectbutf-orpoetarysake.
Pavan SridharanJan 10th, 2011 at 17:25 PM
I find your manner and writing style irritating. Stop posturing, patronizing and for God's sake, writing prose. Poetry lies in the hearts of those who love her,and must not be cause celebre. You suck, mate!
Anamika ZJan 10th, 2011 at 16:00 PM
Attributing poetry's death to buying sprees is not right. If we look deeper, we might find the real reason why poetry isn't as popular as prose. One reason I can think of is we are so busy to 'reach' somewhere that we don't have time to stop and smell the roses, as the saying goes.
Amarta DasguptaJan 10th, 2011 at 15:23 PM
in our era of harsh truth poetry is not dead but has taken a break. full moon has truely become a roti in the eyes of beholder let us wait for a new poetic dawn to again find poetry within ourselves.
Dipanjan ChatterjeeJan 10th, 2011 at 11:58 AM
speechless!this speaks of all my heart-felt grunges,deep down a corner,unhealed,about the pathetic apathy towards poetry here.Or,well,may be,not just here.People are so fond with crap talking,dilly-dallying and self-made show of 'Hey,I'm damn busy' that poets are a sinking lot,and poetry,a list art.
Karn SatyarthiJan 10th, 2011 at 11:17 AM
beautifully documented article. It brings out the agony that people like do not have a platform to express. I believe we better catch before its too late.
Gajanan TamanJan 10th, 2011 at 08:30 AM
I published two valumes of poetry. None, not even fellow poets,took them seriously.I didn't write any poetry of late.Nor intend to write in future.Poetc art is fast vanishing because of economism.Ortega Y Gasset says we stopped looking into our own hearts lon ago.
Syed Amaan AhmadJan 9th, 2011 at 23:34 PM
India is busy minting money from its people and greedy politicians, especially, criminal-turned-politicians are busy sucking people's blood and therefore, the real talent is being ignored. India is now becoming a land of the unknown, lost poets. Many people have talent but its being ignored!
Kunal AnandJan 9th, 2011 at 20:28 PM
This is an extremely baseless article.
For two reasons.
Firstly, Delhi Poetree, India's biggest movement of promoting poetry is keeping poetry well and alive - much beyond the efforts of even the Indian Poetry Society. DP has sold-out, by the thousand, self published editions of their volumes of p
Navneet SharmaJan 9th, 2011 at 18:30 PM
'Gar aag pet ki na tauke,
aur ghar mein bachen na kausen,
fir kapda ujra dale tann,
kuchh gune koi ek mukhda sun.
yeh kahi na bhoolee jayegi,
Kavita ke aashiq yahin par hein,
Kavita to waapis aayegi....'
A short neglect by a society in flux with ubiquitous tech can not be the swan song of poetry!
Hardeep SinghJan 9th, 2011 at 15:49 PM
poetry is not dead, just a little injured!
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