Talking Poetry
Conversations with Ashoke Vajpeyi
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:6th Mar '23
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This is an interesting book of conversations, which not only endorses the life and thoughts of Ashok Vajpeyi, but also praises poetry in general. Ashok Vajpeyi is a poet who is at home with the word. He speaks to the mortals and the divinities. He makes the mystery of the world visible to us by speaking with/of poetry. Throughout these conversations we encounter a poet who sets his own pace through poetry, music and painting. Ashok Vajpeyi's deep sense of expectation from arts is born out of his love of the world, which renders moral dignity to creativity.
The present conversation is a testament to dual intellects. Ramin Jahanbegloo is a perceptive and well-informed 'foreign' voice who is partially complicit in Ashok's quest. An indefatigable interlocutor, he comes armed with enquiries that would unnerve a lesser soul, but Ashok meets them midway with unusual candour, wit and an innate wisdom obtained from his deep-rooted immersion in Indian culture. He sees in the wisdom of the soil a microcosm of much of life's complexities including dissent as an essential shield against every dogma, be it born of power of the state, religious conformism or social evils. He employs art practice to unravel the meaning of historical truths and to counter the politics of hate. Rarely has life's spectrum been articulated so clearly and deeply through the practice of art as it is in this scintillating conversation.' - Gulam Mohammed Sheikh; Painter, Poet, and Art Critic * Gulam Mohammed Sheikh *
ISBN: 9780192869180
Dimensions: 217mm x 140mm x 8mm
Weight: 164g
120 pages