Commitment seems to signify a steady disposition and virtuous intent, but we don’t always see it translated to happiness in our lives. As much as it can give us joy and contentment, it can also wreak angst and desolation. Hema Nair’s poem attempts to define the different hues ‘commitment’ can take on those who have chosen to offer or reject it.
Subarna’s poem is about one’s commitments in today’s fast-paced world and how they sit beside us throughout our life, often filling us with a sorrow that others hardly care about.
The passion and resolve that two people demonstrate in achieving a big dream eventually leads them to the eureka moment. M. Mohankumar pens a poem.
Shikhandin writes an ode to the selfless (and endless) work of doctors and nurses in hospitals.
Shikhandin’s poem is on being driven, with examples of Dashrath Majhi and Jadav Payeng, written like a note to self.
Mohankumar’s poem draws inspiration from the Tyagaraja kriti, Nadachi, nadachi about the vanity of fake devotion but, departing from it, depicts a scene where a true, ardent devotee gets a darshan of the Lord while the false ones miss it.
Vinita Agrawal writes a poem that highlights the passion for the good in life, particularly the values of goodness and gentility. This is a poem of hope, timeless truths and disarming honesty. It seeks to brush away the dark from our horizons.
In Sarba Roy’s poem, a young man contemplates his reluctance towards, and the eventual consequence of, saving a drowning puppy.
Letting go of grief often gives rise to misgivings in the person who has lost a loved one. It may result in them either trying to overcome their sorrow with a dogged determination or clinging on to it desperately as the only way to preserve what has been irretrievably lost. Mandira’s poem is addressed to anyone who is or has been in such a dark place.