Abstract:
All is not well in the north east of India. The conflict outside has taken a more frightening appearance in the form of the conflicts inside. These inner conflicts are not about the opposite pulls of honest and sincere duty, the pangs of sacrifice and the glory of martyrdom. The conflicts within have degenerated into bestiality and humanity, material exhibition and moral austerity, corruption and honesty. In the majority of the cases the dark forces are eroding the foundation of humanity. In Robin Ngangom’s poetry, this pain of loss of the greatness of life in the hands of the circle of vice flows like a silent stream in the hills of Manipur. The author attempts an interpretation of the expression of the inner decay in Robin Ngangom’s “When You Do Not Return.”
Introduction:
Born in Singjamei, Imphal, Manipur in 1959, Robin S. Ngangom is one of the most significant poets writing in English from the North East of India. He has published several collections of poetry so far and he received the Udaya Bharati National Award for Poetry in 1994, and the Katha …show more content…
The poetry they write do not inspire anybody. Their art does not transport anybody anywhere. The capacity for grandeur and sublime has deserted the creed of the poets in the land of the poet. Neither the subject matter nor the poetic ways in which they convey their message reach the heart and the mind of the readers. The banality of daily life has taken a toll on the poets as they are unable to see anything beyond that. They have lost their creative power-“…in the/ dreadful arithmetic of the day.” This infertility and lack of inspiration perceptible in their poetic creations is only a mere reflection of the moral and spiritual decay conspicuous upon the native hills of the poet. Poets have failed to inspire since they have no spiritually universal truth to convey to the
All is not well in the north east of India. The conflict outside has taken a more frightening appearance in the form of the conflicts inside. These inner conflicts are not about the opposite pulls of honest and sincere duty, the pangs of sacrifice and the glory of martyrdom. The conflicts within have degenerated into bestiality and humanity, material exhibition and moral austerity, corruption and honesty. In the majority of the cases the dark forces are eroding the foundation of humanity. In Robin Ngangom’s poetry, this pain of loss of the greatness of life in the hands of the circle of vice flows like a silent stream in the hills of Manipur. The author attempts an interpretation of the expression of the inner decay in Robin Ngangom’s “When You Do Not Return.”
Introduction:
Born in Singjamei, Imphal, Manipur in 1959, Robin S. Ngangom is one of the most significant poets writing in English from the North East of India. He has published several collections of poetry so far and he received the Udaya Bharati National Award for Poetry in 1994, and the Katha …show more content…
The poetry they write do not inspire anybody. Their art does not transport anybody anywhere. The capacity for grandeur and sublime has deserted the creed of the poets in the land of the poet. Neither the subject matter nor the poetic ways in which they convey their message reach the heart and the mind of the readers. The banality of daily life has taken a toll on the poets as they are unable to see anything beyond that. They have lost their creative power-“…in the/ dreadful arithmetic of the day.” This infertility and lack of inspiration perceptible in their poetic creations is only a mere reflection of the moral and spiritual decay conspicuous upon the native hills of the poet. Poets have failed to inspire since they have no spiritually universal truth to convey to the