Enjoy my Interview Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies (ISSN: 2321-8819) ajms.co.in/Volume1/ Issue 3/ October 2013/Pune An Interview With Poet Arbind Kumar Choudhary by Prof. Lalitesh Mishra , Prof & H/D of English , B. N. Mandal University, Madhepura. ARBIND KUMAR CHOUDHARY, the leading literary luminary , and the eminent editor has been glittering at the literary horizon with his nine poetry collections in English entitled 1. Eternal Voices (2007), 2. Universal Voices (2008) , 3. My Songs (2008) , 4. Melody (2009) , 5. Nature Poems (2010), 6. Love Poems (2010), 7. Nature (2011) , 8. Love (2011) and 9. The Poet (2011), two refereed literary journals Kohinoor (ISSN 0973-6395) and Ayush (ISSN 0974-8075), more than fifty interviews in Malta, Mongolia, Romania and C.V, Poetcrit, Kafla-Intercontinental, Mandakini, Voice of Kolkata, Indian Ruminations, Research Vistas, All Round, Research Scholar, Literary Jewels, Notions, Literati, Radiance, New Academia, Bizz Buzz, and many other journals and critical anthologies in India , a number of awards in USA, China and India and, above all, several literary nicknames – Indian Keats, Indian Sonneteer , phrasal King, quatrain King, mythical Messiah, proverbial Samrat , Poet of the poets and many others to his credit till date that enlighten the poetic world for the sanctification of ailing spirits on this earth dominated by the viper thoughts . To create literary sensation across the globe is the message of his creative world. His biography is included in Cambridge Dictionary of English Writers (2009) , English Writings in India,2012 and World Poetry Almanac (2009), Mongolia due to his great contributions to English literature. A critical anthology on his poetical works “Poetic Pigments of A. K. Choudhary” is already published in 2010 besides a number of research papers in India and abroad. He is now honored with --1.Life Time Achievement Award , 2010 by International Poets Academy , Chennai, 2. Mandakini Award, 2011 by International Poetry Society, Bareilly , 3. Editor of the Best Literary Journal , 2011 by Teresinka Pereira, president of International Writers & Artists Association, USA and Editor of the Best Literary Journal , 2012 by IRTC, China. Here is an excerpt with A.K.Choudhary : Q1.LM: You have been called an originator of the Indianised version of sonnets popularly called Arbindonean sonnets in Indian English poetry. What is its specific poetic quality ? AKC : Indianised version of sonnets is deeply rooted in the fertile literary soil of India that exhales fragrance of the prominent Indian English writers with prime focus on capital idea. It contains seven rhymed couplets and completes the norm of 14 lines of the sonnet . Indianness overflows throughout the 48 sonnets of ‘ Universal Voices’ through the poetic works of all genres of Indian English literature. Q2. LM: Why are you called the most sensuous poet amidst the Indian English poets ? AKC : Sensuousness overwhelms throughout my poetic works in general and ‘Love’ in particular that sends the poetry lovers in the seventh heaven in all its conscience. This is perhaps the reason they call me the most sensuous, Indian Keats and Indian Spenser too from time to time . Q3. LM: What are your poetic dreams for the human beings ? AKC : My poetic dream is to revive the old celestial wisdom for the literary whirlwind for Tom, Dick and Harry in general and the peeping poets in particular across the globe. To soothe ailing heart, to support the emotionally suppressed chaps, to give justice to mute animals and birds and, above all, to support the non-living natural objects for free flow are the poetic dreams for the human beings as a whole . Q4. LM: What are the distinctive features of your racy style popularly called Arbindonean racy style in Indian English poetry ? AKC : Majority of my verses are in rhyme, not in free verse. Rhymed quatrains, and rhymed couplets are the poetic pearls of my poetic groves. The uses of various figures of speech, mythical blending, lyrical outburst, melancholic tone, classical, proverbial and pictorial fragrance, natural painting, subjectivity, Indianised version of sonnets and racy style are the distinctive poetic features of my poetic works. The racy style I propounded through out my poetic works contains the ascending sequence of the alphabetical words in a stanza or a quatrain. The ascending order of the alphabetical words luxury-misery-nunnery-osculatory and periphery is strictly abided in this rhymed quatrain of ‘Melody’. “The luxury of misery Is the nunnery For the osculatory On the periphery of paltry.”(2008:8) This is my explored model of versification in English literature. Indianised version of sonnets exhales fragrance of the Indian English writers and the writers of Indian origin . Secondly, their poetic tools and various figures of speech are at the core of these sonnets . Thirdly, these sonnets are deeply rooted in the fertile literary soil of India .Fourthly these sonnets consist seven rhymed couplets. Fifthly, it covers Indian English authors of all genres without jaundiced eyes. Sixthly, phrasal and proverbial beauty adds additional beauty to his poetic rosarium. . Q5. LM: How do you make a balance between the college teacher, the poet and the editor ? AKC: I am a teacher by profession, a poet by passion and an editor by temperament. I am now addicted to have a balance between these three things. Q6. LM: What is your philosophy of Nature? AKC : To unlock the wedlock is the main purpose of the marriage. To unlock natural mystery for the spiritual sensation of the sensitive souls is the main motto of my life. It is Nature that gives spree, shapes spirit and enriches mental sensitivity. It also guides the course of the life. Natural beauty is ever glittering and sparkling for the sensitive souls. Those who live in fools paradise lack vision of natural beauty and mystery, source of eternal joy and happiness. Nature is all in all in my life. . Q7. LM: Why do you focus on love in your poems ? AKC : Love is the fragrance of life that lies only in pure soul and sound mind. God made Love and man made marriage. Love is the spiritual feeling and marriage is the social custom or a social contract between the bride and the groom. Love is universal, marriage, temporary. Love is divine, marriage is for the time being. Love is the universal natural gift for the human beings that stirs our mind, sparks our thought and sends us in the seventh heaven. Loveless life is worse than curse. Love is the most beautiful things people realize in life and make life brighter and happier to its climax. Q8. LM: What is the philosophy of your life ? AKC : Life is ever beautiful and inspirational. The main motive of my life is to spread the message of peace, brotherhood and friendship amidst all living beings on this ailing earth. Secondly to arouse the world through my creative works is the part and parcel of my life. Thirdly, the proper utilization of the precious time for the sake of the common masses is the part of my life. Poetry is my passion in life. As a result I try my best to spread the fragrance of my poetic garden to the common masses. In a nutshell I want to see life spiritually prosperous and divine amidst a number of humdrums of lives. Q9.LM: Does of your childhood memories effect your writings? AKC : Childhood memories goes on in the mind so long people are alive on this earth. I, born, brought up and educated on the bank of the sacred river Ganga, remember my childhood memories time and again all through my creative world. This quatrain elicits my autobiographical feelings very frankly . The Gangas odour Is a good humour For the Vidur Of Sirajpur. Q10.LM: What are the themes of your writings ? AKC :The capital idea of my writings is to arouse literary sensation across the globe. The social hypocrisy, exploitation, discrimination, ecological disaster, deforestation, dehumanization etc. are the main contents of my creative world. It is not only my duty to show them the cruel faces of modern generation but also to shape spirits of the ailing generations for better social, economical and spiritual prosperity. Q11. LM: What is the purpose of your creative works? AKC: To sooth the ailing hearts is the main purpose of my poetry . It is clearly sung here : “To unlock Nature’s lock Is the wisecrack Of the flock.” Creation requires no formalities at all. It goes on as naturally as the fragrance of the flower. All poetical devices are secondary. The intense joy that the creator enjoys goes over the head of the critics and the general readers. This ecstasy can be realized, not expressed in black and white. Creation unlocks the mystery of the universe that is the most precious wealth of the nation. Q12. LM: What are your forthcoming works ? AKC : Leader, Haiku , Sonnets and Majuli that are my forthcoming poetry collections are expected to be published soon. Q13.LM: How many collections have you authored so far, and what are those? AKC: They are as follows: 1. Eternal Voices (2007), 2.University Voices (2008), 3.My Songs (2008), 4.Melody (2009), 5.Nature Poems (2010), 6. Love Poems (2010), 7.Love(2011), 8.Nature (2011),and 9.The Poet (2011) Editor of the Journals 3. Kohinoor(ISSN 0973-6395) 4. Ayush (ISSN 0974-8075)
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