Mohankumar’s poem draws inspiration from the Tyagaraja kriti, Nadachi, nadachi about the vanity of fake devotion but, departing from it, depicts a scene where a true, ardent devotee gets a darshan of the Lord while the false ones miss it.
Vinita Agrawal writes a poem that highlights the passion for the good in life, particularly the values of goodness and gentility. This is a poem of hope, timeless truths and disarming honesty. It seeks to brush away the dark from our horizons.
Aditi Chandak captures a scene out of the common man’s life to weave together stories of passion and what it could mean to different people.
Passion cannot be reduced to a dry, dictionary definition. It can only be experienced. Suresh Subrahmanyan discusses some luminaries who have excelled in the fields of cricket, music and art because of their passion. He also takes us through situations where this indefinable emotion overwhelms us.