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In a Cage and Beyond

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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789372226218
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction
  • Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Storydea Publishing
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 139
  • Original Price: INR 295.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 160 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General, Asian / General, and Subjects & Themes / Political & Protest

In a Cage and Beyond, an anthology of poems, explores themes such as scientific thinking, dominance and resistance, and the search for deeper meaning. The poems in this collection reflect feelings of disillusionment, as well as a longing for truth, freedom and peace. From the perspectives of both human existence and the cosmos, the poems capture the alienation, fragmentation and post-colonial values of equality, unity and justice, that define the postmodern world. Though the poet feels trapped in a cage, he dreams of breaking free, yearning to soar like a bird in the sky of freedom and liberation. Dr Bhelkar highlights the conflict between man and machine, depicting how humanity has become enslaved by technology, symbolised by the cage, leading to a loss of identity.

Dr Ratnakar D. Bhelkar is a poet, short story writer, critic, editor and translator, fluent in both English and Marathi. Born in Kalmeshwar, Nagpur, India, he holds a PhD in Science Fiction and a DLitt in Translation Studies. A former Professor and Head of the Department of English at Dhanwate National College, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Dr Bhelkar has authored a range of works, including his translation of Tukadoji's Gramgeeta (2024), Contextualising Tukadoji's Gramgeeta: Trajectories of Tradition and Reality (2024), Indian Literature: Translated Texts, Indianness and Beyond (2019), Dissonance and Resonance (2014) and Science Fiction: Fantasy and Reality (2009). His extensive contributions to both literature and academia continue to enrich the fields of literary criticism and translation.

Table of Contents:

Foreword............................................................................................ ix

Structure and Vision........................................................................ xvi

1 Robot................................................................................... 1

2 Cyborg................................................................................. 3

3 Octopus............................................................................... 5

4 Bonsai.................................................................................. 7

5 Power Home....................................................................... 8

6 Sunbeam............................................................................. 11

7 On the Verge of Shedding Leaves and Again............... 13

8 Search for Letters............................................................... 14

9 Spark.................................................................................... 15

10 Palm..................................................................................... 16

11 When, That Time.............................................................. 17

12 Truth.................................................................................... 18

13 Fish, Shell and Sea............................................................. 20

14 You....................................................................................... 21

15 In the International Conference at Siem Reap Angkor............................................................ 22

16 Walking in Bangkok Airport........................................... 23

17 Amaltas: Three Visuals..................................................... 25

18 Serpent and Fragrance...................................................... 27

19 Outside and Inside............................................................ 28

20 Who Am I ?....................................................................... 29

21 Courtyard........................................................................... 30

22 A Prison.............................................................................. 31

23 World................................................................................... 32

24 Search.................................................................................. 33

25 The Earth and Space......................................................... 34

26 Center and Periphery....................................................... 36

27 Banyan Tree........................................................................ 38

28 Recalling Robert Frost in California.............................. 40

29 Marriot, Riverside: Three Visuals................................... 42

30 Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.................. 45

31 Sunday Prayer in the Church, Riverside....................... 47

32 Cracked Mirror.................................................................. 49

33 Toyes.................................................................................... 50

34 In Spite of........................................................................... 51

35 Salutation to Savitri........................................................... 52

36 Ulgulan, in the Memory of Birsa Munda...................... 54

37 O, Grain of life !................................................................ 56

38 Poem.................................................................................... 58

39 Black Bee and Lotus Leaf................................................. 60

40 New Light New Dark New Light New Dark.................. 63

41 What Does Remain ?........................................................ 65

42 Tree and Rusting of Leaves.............................................. 66

43 Why Does It Happen ?..................................................... 67

44 Here and After................................................................... 68

45 Discrimination and Unison............................................. 70

46 When See, and Look......................................................... 72

47 Restless I, Assured I and Essence................................... 74

48 Animal, Man and Vision.................................................. 77

49 Existence and Choice........................................................ 81

50 Voice.................................................................................... 82

51 Communicating with Poem and Living........................ 84

52 The Knock on the Door................................................... 86

53 The Prolonged Night and Light...................................... 88

54 To Live after the Cessation of Breath............................. 90

55 I, My Companion.............................................................. 92

56 Fossils, Seedling and the World...................................... 93

57 A Desolate Night after Melting Sunlight....................... 94

58 Sport to Play Again........................................................... 96

59 My Home............................................................................ 98

60 Home................................................................................... 99

About the Author............................................................................. 101

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