Humanitarian Mission Quotes

“This is what my Christmas looks like,
And my Hanukkah, Ramadan, Diwali 'n Onam.
I don't get to celebrate any of the festivals,
So that the world can, without discrimination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“No matter what, I am not giving up - I am not giving up on this world. Because among all the planets across 2 trillion galaxies in our universe, this apparently insignificant little blue dot is my home - it's my family. And I shall keep fighting, unarmed and unbending, for the rights of my family, for the peace and uplift of my family, so long as the four valves on my left keep working. Fighting is a good thing, if the reason is righteous. And there is no greater reason, no greater cause, to keep fighting, than for the welfare of our family. That is why, I am not giving up - no matter what, I am not giving up. I am not giving up on the welfare of my family - I am not giving up on my humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home

“For a soldier of ascension there is no room for self-gratification, beyond the bare necessities of sustenance.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society

“Peace begins where prejudice ends.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None

“Mission over Recognition (The Sonnet)

Let me show you what is
action without expectation!
What is it to do your duty,
without regard for recognition!

Quite often I lose count of my works,
Yet I've never had a fancy book launch.
I write in silence, I release in silence,
I have no relation to praise and applause.

I am the peak of humanitarian literature,
All without an ounce of support or award.
I am not a writer, I am world reformer,
My first concern is an integrated world.

Whatever happens next, know that it had
nothing to do with the making of a mission.
It's easy to bask in the glory of the sun,
not so much to fuel solar combustion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Drunken Humanitarian (Sonnet)

Go, get drunk, my friend!

Get so drunk with a vision unseen,
even monsoon begins to cry!
Get so drunk with an unbent cause,
even bosons bow to thy might!

Get so drunk with incorruptibility,
you emerge a walking Wardencliffe.
Get so drunk with accountability,
no Rorschach can analyze your spirit.

Get so drunk with uncontaminated justice,
every government keeps a file on you!
Get so drunk with untainted love,
conclaves convene to decipher you!

Any ape can find salvation in liquid escape,
takes a human to endure through devastation.
Any rodent of the gutter can drown in alcohol,
it takes a giant to drink the world's poison.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee