Purple Hues

 1: You are a proud contributing Author of Purple Hues-3, India's favorite Anthology. What is your story/poem about? Is it related to your own life or someone you know? Firstly, I want to thank Purple Hues-3 for giving me such a wonderful platform to share my story. My poem is based on the social issue of child labor. Despite being declared illegal, child labor is widely practiced in India. The specific kind of child labor that my poem highlights are child maids. A huge number of teenage girls are b(r)ought from villages to work in cities as maidservants. They are made to work night and day, in inhumane conditions, simply because many do not even regard them as humans. I was inspired to write this poem because of a girl who used to work in my own house. She is now back with her sister in her village, preparing for exams to become a nurse.  2: As the theme for the series is Inspiration, tell us who or what inspired you to start writing.  I remember I use

1- You are a proud contributing Author of Purple Hues-3, India's favorite Anthology. What is your story/ poem about? Is it related to your own life or someone you know   At the outset, let me first convey my joy and pride of being a contributing author of the prestigious anthology “Purple Hues-3.” The story that I have contributed is about my own brother, who is a martyr. Late Major T Shyam Sunder’s story has already touched millions of people worldwide. That is when I decided to write about him so that more people could be inspired by the brave officer's story. The story revolves around courage, generosity, sacrifice and more importantly about the unusual acceptance of a life that was cut short in its prime. Major Shyam lived for others till the end. He was the toughest officer both mentally and physically in his regiment and also during his training at the defense academies. His achievements in such a short tenure speak volumes about his bravery and presence of mind durin

1-       You are a proud contributing Author of Purple Hues-3, India's favorite Anthology. What is your story/ poem about? Is it related to your own life or someone you know? It is all about dreaming, how dreams can change our mood. A good dream gives us positive energy and a bad one may spoil our day. 2-       As the theme for the series is Inspiration, tell us who or what inspired you to start writing. I cannot name any single poem that has inspired me to write down my thoughts. There are many and list is getting longer day by day. 3-       Do you think that Artists have a social responsibility? If you had all the power, what is that one thing you would like to change about our world? Artists have a lot of social responsibility in shaping the world. They should have keen eyes to the changes taking place around them and must strive hard to make the world a better place. Suffering of children gives me sleepless nights. I would love to see smile on the fac

1- You are a proud contributing Author of Purple Hues-3, India's favorite Anthology. What is your story/ poem about? Is it related to your own life or someone you know? My poem is about the search of a person for his own soul, own existence, own self through the labyrinth called Maya. The search ends with finding his fulfillment in a self-realization that he is created for the bigger purpose so he must not waste his life in vain. He finds help in Almighty. He finds futility of his ego and accepts God as his savior. He finds the inspirational light within the self. 2- As the theme for the series is Inspiration, tell us who or what inspired you to start writing. Almighty is my inspiration. 3- Do you think that Artists have a social responsibility? If you had all the power, what is that one thing you would like to change about our world?   Artists do have the social responsibility more than anyone else. I would add a point here each human has the social r

1- You are a proud contributing Author of Purple Hues-3, India's favorite Anthology. What is your story/ poem about? Is it related to your own life or someone you know?     . My poems are about hope, faith and the need of the divine presence in life.   They represent an optimistic approach towards life. In this hum-drum world where people are losing their patience, faith, and hope, these poems become the harbinger of positivity and inspiration. 2- As the theme for the series is Inspiration, tell us who or what inspired you to start writing.         Frankly speaking, I couldn’t find out till date that what really inspired me to write. It’s a sheer coincidence or destiny that I started writing although I like works of Wordsworth and Gulzar to a great extent. 3- Do you think that Artists have a social responsibility? If you had all the power, what is that one thing you would like to change about our world?      Yes, artists have a huge social respon

1- You are a proud contributing Author of Purple Hues-3, India's favorite Anthology. What is your story/ poem about? Is it related to your own life or someone you know? My Story is my personal story. It’s about one year of my life which I spent in the rural corners of Odisha (India), working for the development of a rural school, under SBI Youth for India fellowship.  2- As the theme for the series is Inspiration, tell us who or what inspired you to start writing. I inherited this habit from my father who has been writing since ages and has also been nominated for ‘Sahitya Akadami Award’ for writing novels in the Maithili language.    3- Do you think that Artists have a social responsibility? If you had all the power, what is that one thing you would like to change about our world? Of course, artists have a social responsibility on their shoulders. If I had such power, I would have tried my best to kill the gap people have created based on religion,

1-       You are a proud contributing Author of Purple Hues-3, India's favorite Anthology. What is your story/ poem about? Is it related to your own life or someone you know? They have an inspirational theme where everyone with their respective struggles is urged to forge ahead by having faith and keeping their heads still. We always have that power within ourselves to seek the Almighty’s directions and this is what has been stressed upon in both of the poems. Now, the constant truth is that none of us can boast of having harvested only happiness. There are scary circumstances and hard times that try to get the better of us throughout life. Thus, I have written something relatable to what all of us have experienced at some point in time or the other. In short, my works are related to the ‘Universe’. 2-       As the theme for the series is Inspiration, tell us who or what inspired you to start writing. To be honest, even now, I cannot believe the fact that I h