Diversity Poetry Quotes

“Diversity is no gimmick,
Diversity is no belief.
Diversity is life itself,
Diversity is uplift.
Diversity is sanity,
Diversity is joy.
Diversity is monsoon,
After a drought most dry.”
― Abhijit Naskar, High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination

“We are much more than a mouthpiece for a culture,
We are much more than a showpiece of our ancestry.
I am not saying that we gotta cut off our roots,
But we mustn't let roots become chains of slavery.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“When hate is habit,
It's the hate that we gotta 86.
Our ancestors taught us cultural 69,
It's time we outgrow such nonsense archaic.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“Every Culture is My Culture (The Sonnet)

If America fails in advancement, so will the world,
If South America fails in liberty, so will the world.
If Mexico fails in passion, so will the world,
If India fails in diversity, so will the world.
Every atom of planet earth is teeming with potential,
Yet most see nothing beyond the rim of their culture.
Culture is peddled in the world as a sectarian prison,
Yet the fact is, culture integrated is culture empowered.
Every culture belongs in every heart, every heart that is human,
While stoneage notions of culture still dominate the animal.
Simply put, till all cultures are ours, no culture is ours,
Any culture that claims supremacy belongs on a surgeon's table.
If humanity fails to embrace the strength of each culture,
There will be no humanity, there will be no culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“There is no earth till all roots combine, till we crave for each other all roots are chains.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Dropout Scientist (The Sonnet)

I am a scientist who doesn't have a degree,
I am a poet who has no control over words.
I am a philosopher who has no intellect whatsoever,
I am a monk with no idea, what it means to be religious.
If I am being honest, I have no clue what I am,
And I know quite well that you do not know either.
But believe you me my friend, one day in sheer awe,
Your descendants will come up with the rightful answer.
In my 30 years of life, I've traveled quite a distance,
Which will take the world at least a millennium to cover.
That's why archaic designations fall short to define life,
No designation is qualified to define a being beyond border.
My faith is humanity, my reason is humanity, my love is humanity.
I am but a glimpse of the future, without coldness and rigidity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“Be the proof of integration,
When prejudice is the tradition.
Devise your own inclusive destiny,
When heritage is rooted in division.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“Be the proof of integration,
Against all caution ancestral.
Those who peddle division belong,
In a sanitarium, not on a pedestal.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“When culture is code for division,
You gotta be uncultured to find assimilation.
When hagiographies are passed on as heritage,
To be heretic is the first course of action.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“When culture is code for division, you gotta be uncultured to find assimilation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“DEI Sonnet

I call it curiosity,
You call it science.
I call it integrity,
You call it defiance.
I call it contemplation,
You call it philosophy.
I call it accountability,
You call it sociology.
I call it correction,
You call it revolution.
I call it existence,
You call it inclusion.
All I see is humans
finally living a human life.
You with your brainy fancy
philosophize it as DEI.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat