आदमी की दर्दभरी गहरी पुकार सुन जो दौड़ पड़ता है आदमी है वह भी , जैसे तुम भी आदमी , वैसे मैं भी आदमी। Listening to the intense anguished cry...
आदमी की दर्दभरी गहरी पुकार सुन
जो दौड़ पड़ता है आदमी है वह भी,
जैसे तुम भी आदमी, वैसे मैं भी आदमी।
Listening to the intense anguished cry of a human being
One who rushes is a human too
You are a human being and I too am a human being.
This is Muktibodh. Humanness, according to the poet, is the ability to respond to the call of another human being. There has been an unending debate about Muktibodh’s quest for an authentic self. But most of all, Muktibodh is a poet of yearning for a human touch and for solidarities. A poet whose verse addresses a sahchar mitra – a co-travelling friend. Constant movement, to be able to be everywhere, to be a letter to be dropped in the torn pocket of a stranger: all this is Muktibodh, a ceaseless pilgrim.
A couple of years ago, Javed Khan, my young friend from Ambikapur informed me that he and his friends had decided to take a truckload of clothing and other relief material to Kerala when it was ravaged by floods. His bulk purchase aroused curiosity. When he told people the purpose of his mission, they advised him not to waste energy on “those people.” Those people: Christians and Muslims.
When help was pouring in from all corners...
