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Adarsh Jha
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“Poetry is frequently introduced as an object of dissection rather than an experience of encounter. Students are trained to hunt for metaphors, symbols, and devices before they are allowed to feel the poem. This premature intellectualisation breeds anxiety rather than appreciation.”
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“It is not enough to present literature as an object of study; it must be introduced as an experience.”
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“Justice
A mother will die.
A child will be saved.
A serpent will always bite.
Beyond the sentimental values
we often inscribe on whatever we can,
the jury and the executioner, in this case,
are one and the same, and their perception of justice –
airtight!
Untouched by the melodrama.”
― Thoughts Between Life and Death
A mother will die.
A child will be saved.
A serpent will always bite.
Beyond the sentimental values
we often inscribe on whatever we can,
the jury and the executioner, in this case,
are one and the same, and their perception of justice –
airtight!
Untouched by the melodrama.”
― Thoughts Between Life and Death
“Criticism that thrives on exaggeration or selective reading ultimately undermines its own credibility.”
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“Only if I knew
that knowing it would bring
a burden I could seldom carry
and ferry among those I know,
only to be rejected.”
― Thoughts Between Life and Death
that knowing it would bring
a burden I could seldom carry
and ferry among those I know,
only to be rejected.”
― Thoughts Between Life and Death
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