Rare yet sublime
An anthology of haikus that brings out the essence of poetry
by Diptendra Raychaudhuri
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earliest poems, we all know were prayers and incantations in verse
form. According to scholars from Persia to Japan, through India and Chin
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this form of poetry thrived from the early days of ancient
civilisations. As far as our own glorious civilisation is concerned,
from Rig Veda to Upanishada to Bhagavad Gita, all stand testimony to
compositions of the most brilliant verses. These verses conveyed a
complete sense in two lines and at times it flowed into four lines. Some
of those four-liners have survived thousands of years and are
remembered by common people till now, long after the decline of the
Sanskrit language. The most famous couplet is probably: “Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata......readmore
a,
this form of poetry thrived from the early days of ancient
civilisations. As far as our own glorious civilisation is concerned,
from Rig Veda to Upanishada to Bhagavad Gita, all stand testimony to
compositions of the most brilliant verses. These verses conveyed a
complete sense in two lines and at times it flowed into four lines. Some
of those four-liners have survived thousands of years and are
remembered by common people till now, long after the decline of the
Sanskrit language. The most famous couplet is probably: “Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata......readmore
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