R.K.SINGH

Collects all of my published poetry books. Also provides an uptodate view of my poetry, especially haiku and tanka.

About Me

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Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Born, broughtup and educated in Varanasi, I am a university professor, teaching English language skills to students of earth and mineral sciences. I have authored over 150 articles,165 book reviews and 34 books, including Twelve collections of poems, among them, two jointly with U S Bahri, TWO POETS (1994) and COVER TO COVER (2002), and two others, EVERY STONE DROP PEBBLE (1999) jointly with Catherine Mire and Patricia Prime, and PACEM IN TERRIS (2003, a trilogy collection, containing my haiku collection PEDDLING DREAM). MY SILENCE AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS:1974-1994 (1996), ABOVE THE EARTH'S GREEN (1997), and THE RIVER RETURNS (2006) are my other three important poetry books. NEW INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY: AN ALTERNATIVE VOICE: R.K.SINGH (ed: I.K.Sharma) is the latest publication on my poetry. It contains 22 critical articles, six interviews and over a dozen review/comments by about 30 scholars.(Details from bookenclave@yahoo.com). I have received several awards and honours, including honorary Litt.D. from the World Academy of Arts and Culture, Taiwan, 1984, Michael Madhusudan Award, Calcutta, 1994 and Peace Museum Award from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 1999.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

NEW YEAR

The New Year is about to begin. 2012 has been very significant: It sees humanity at the crossroads, with the entire generation rising up to build a saner and fairer way of life for every one.

We are witness to the growing voice of the people calling for change: the Arab Spring, the Occupy movement, the campaign against Ireland's abortion ban, the movement against corruption, and the uprise against the rape of the 23 year old girl have seen millions of ordinary people demand a better world.

Let's hope in the New Year we experience political honesty for reforms in police and bureaucracy, change in attitude towards sex and sexuality, and respect for the ordinary men and women so that there is an environment created for peace, justice and trust.

 --R.K. SINGH

posted by R.K.SINGH | 10:00 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger Gwil W said...

It will be a bumpy ride, nevertheless we may get there in the end . . . unless the end gets us first. Have a good one R K.

8:54 AM  

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