Seshendra Sharma : 13th Anniversary : 30 May 2020

Crystallised Thought Seshendra is not an individual but a movement. Excerpts from his letters entitled ‘In Defence of People & Poetry ‘carry his incisive views on the contemporary Indian scene of thought. The reader will find in these pages the multidimensional vision of the poet who has made a colossal impact on the intellectual scene of India. He holds the view that ‘people & poetry ‘are defenceless in this country; both are exploited by all and sundry entirely for personal gains. Thus arises the primary duty of the honest and the intellectual to rescue them and build once again their defences, resurrect living thought, and re-establish the genuine intellectual process of reason and enquiry. Only such of the excerpts from his letters are included in this volume which is relevant from this point of view. Names of those to whom these letters were addressed and passages of personal and private nature have been carefully removed. The material in this volume is of purely literary interest and concerns the topics of the present epoch. This volume of letters reflect his thoughts on vital questions concerning the ‘people ‘and ‘poetry ‘he says ‘to rehabilitate poetry in this country , we have to first rehabilitate philosophy , the living contact with thought … man shattered to smithereens , must be reassembled by original hope to live again ‘- References about Telugu poetry found in some of the letters are not a recent development in his thinking. As early as in April 1958 he addressed a letter to The Hindu with reference to J.B.S. Haldane on Telugu dated 27-04- 1958. “With all these advantages it is surprising to see that not much of original literature is produced in Telugu so far since the beginning of its career in the 11th century….. Then if we turn to English, Urdu, Sanskrit and other languages we find many original productions… In the present period original works can be counted on fingers. The bulk of it represents only gross plagiarism. It is not able to cater in any useful manner either to the taste of the common man or the intellectual. Both sections are naturally turning to other languages for deriving the benefits of reading. I feel the Telugu writers should devote more time to thought than for writing.’ In an article called ‘Post Independence Literature “which appeared in Andhra Prabha, Telugu Daily, 1962 (Included in his collection of essays Oohalo, 1968) he comments bitterly on the lack of original thinking in Telugu Literature. Contemplating on the vast map of India and its literature one realises broadly the truth that thought has not yet come out of the great confusion arising out of conflict of cultures, conflict of philosophies and a concussion of the old and the new. No vision has yet dawned on the horizon of the Indian mind. Seshendra’s ‘In Defence of People and Poetry -‘presents crystallised thought on different issues of the 20th century felt and experienced on the Indian soil. *** Saatyaki, poet's son's Tribute to his beloved father on his 13th Anniversary *** Seshendra : Visionary Poet of the Millenium http:// seshendrasharma.weebly.com eBook : kinige.com/book/Letters+Of+Seshendra

Seshendra is colossus of modern Poetry. His literature is a unique blend of the best of poetry and poetics. His Homepage : Seshendra:Visionary Poet of the Millennium seshendrasharma.weebly.com presents essence / spirit of the millennium in powerful poetic style. Seshendra Sharma is one of the most outstanding minds of modern Asia. He is the foremost of the Telugu poets today who has turned poetry to the gigantic strides of human history and embellished literature with the thrills and triumphs of the 20th century. A revolutionary poet who spurned the pedestrian and pedantic poetry equally, a brilliant critic and a scholar of Sanskrit, this versatile poet has breathed a new vision of modernity to his vernacular.Such minds place Telugu on the world map of intellectualism. Readers conversant with names like Paul Valery, Gauguin, and Dag Hammarskjold will have to add the name of Seshendra Sharma the writer from India to that dynasty of intellectuals. *** Saatyaki, poet's son's Tribute to his beloved father on his 13th Anniversary *** Seshendra : Visionary Poet of the Millenium http:// seshendrasharma.weebly.com Ebook : kinige.com/book/My+Country+My+People

Seshendra Sharma : 13th Anniversary : 30 May 2020 Every year a Memorial Literary meet is cnducted on 30 May . and Seshedra's son saatyaki performs Ritual ( Shraaddh ) as per religious Almanac on Jyeshtsha Shukla Chaturdasi. But unforntunately due to COVID 19 / Lockdwon these 2 activities have become impossible/ Hence defffered . Seshendra Sharma October 20th, 1927 - May 30th, 2007 seshendrasharma.weebly.com Seshendra Sharma is one of the most outstanding minds of modern Asia. He is the foremost of the Telugu poets today who has turned poetry to the gigantic strides of human history and embellished literature with the thrills and triumphs of the 20th century. A revolutionary poet who spurned the pedestrian and pedantic poetry equally, a brilliant critic and a scholar of Sanskrit, this versatile poet has breathed a new vision of modernity to his vernacular. Such minds place Telugu on the world map of intellectualism. Readers conversant with names like Paul Valery, Gauguin, and Dag Hammarskjold will have to add the name of Seshendra Sharma the writer from India to that dynasty of intellectuals . Rivers and poets Are veins and arteries Of a country. Rivers flow like poems For animals, for birds And for human beings- The dreams that rivers dream Bear fruit in the fields The dreams that poets dream Bear fruit in the people- * * * * * * The sunshine of my thought fell on the word And its long shadow fell upon the century Sun was playing with the early morning flowers Time was frightened at the sight of the martyr- - Seshendra Sharma Parents: G.Subrahmanyam (Father) , Ammayamma (Mother) Siblings: Anasuya,Devasena (Sisters),Rajasekharam(Younger brother) Wife: Mrs.Janaki Sharma Children: Vasundhara , Revathi (Daughters), Vanamaali , Saatyaki (Sons) Seshendra is a colossus of Modern Indian poetry. His literature is a unique blend of the best of poetry and poetics. Diversity and depth of his literary interests and his works are perhaps hitherto unknown in Indian literature. From poetry to poetics, from Mantra Sastra to Marxist Politics his writings bear an unnerving pprint of his rare genius. His scholar ship and command over Sanskrit , English and Telugu Languages has facilitated his emergence as a towering personality of comparative literature in the 20th century world literature. T.S.Eliot , Archbald Macleish and Seshendra Sharma are trinity of world poetry and Poetics. His sense of dedication to the genre of art he chooses to express himself and the determination to reach the depths of subject he undertakes to explore place him in the galaxy of world poets / world intellectuals. Seshendra’s eBooks : kinige.com/author/Gunturu Seshendra Sharma Seshendra Sharma’s Writings Copyright © Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma Contact : saatyaki@gmail.com 919441070985 917702964402 Seshendra : Visionary Poet of the Millennium seshendrasharma.weebly.com