Himalayan Sonneteer Quotes

“Crueler the punishment, braver the love,
It is no love that avoids punishment.
Only half lovers try to keep pain at bay,
Soaked in pain true lovers emerge triumphant.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Burn so bright, that the haters go blind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Never post family pictures online,
There's no such thing as privacy settings.
It is a total jungle out there,
In every corner predators are lurking.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“The world needs less cops and more teachers. Law enforcement only produces an illusion of order, it's the teachers who can create a crime-free society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“I Am Here (The Sonnet)

Look into my eyes,
I wanna listen to your silence.
Tell me of the storms unpassed,
I wanna be your expression express.
Tell me what you have been through,
Tell me of the heartaches unhealed.
Speak the pain you could never utter,
I am here, I am near, you are my priority!
I cannot promise you all the happiness,
Nor can I promise you eternal peace.
But if and when the sky crashes,
I shall be your human shield.
It's okay if you come late to me.
I am here, I am near, I have come early.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Women ain't hood ornament.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Women Ain't Hood Ornament (The Sonnet)

Why should women have to give up,
Their name when they get married,
As if they are not real people,
But hood ornament to their husband!
Why should a child be identified only,
By their father's name, not mother's,
Who by the way is the root of creation,
Who is the actual almighty creator!
It is a sad state of affairs when,
Morons peddle moronity as tradition.
Shame on us for sustaining such savagery,
As we do not put our backbone to action!
Each couple must determine the parameters
of their relationship, not some ragged tradition.
Only norm that matters is love, for in love lies emancipation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Dead Men's Tale (The Sonnet)

They say, time and tide wait for none,
Lest the bird learns it can fly.
The best way to control apes is,
To make them feel guilty for their light.

They say, dead men tell no tale, and yet,
We live our lives based on dead men's tale.
It is okay to tell tales if it enhances sight,
But not the kind that produces a walking hell.

There is no divide when we are alive,
Divisions exist only in kingdom of the dead.
We are divided because we are dead,
Come to life, and all divides will be deleted.

Let us write a new tale with the spirit of life.
Instead of celebrating death,
let's celebrate each other's light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“What is the role of an electrical fuse?
Amateurs will say, conducting electricity.
But the actual task of a fuse is,
To blow itself when the load is too heavy.

Thus the fuse protects the appliance,
Against any electrical irregularity.
Likewise, we gotta blow our fuse,
Whenever inhumanity hangs heavy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Human, human, human,
that is all we ever are.
Not humanist, not socialist,
just carers of each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“You may think your achievements,
Are the crown of your life.
But it's your failures,
That make you shine bright.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“World Domination (A Satirical Sonnet)

White people's pain is pain,
Everybody else's is just discomfort.
That is why you peddle Hitler,
As such a monster.
You don't hate Hitler because,
He wanted to dominate the world,
You hate Hitler because he wanted,
To dominate everybody, including the whites.
The world is but heirloom to the whites,
All other claims are null and void!
Loot like a pommy, rebel like an insurrectionist,
Trod on whoever, just not the fellow white!
World domination is the ultimate white privilege.
Threat to white welfare is the ultimate
human rights infringement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Fear No Fear (The Sonnet)

I have zero tolerance for fear,
I don't mean intolerance of being afraid.
Let the fear come and go,
Just never let it make you slave.
Embrace it all, and the grip will slowly loosen,
Then take care of the cause of your fear.
It is quite human to have cold feet on occasion,
Just know, your backbone is your savior.
Fear resisted is fear amplified,
Fear embraced is fear relieved.
Most fears are rooted in imagination,
Observe yourself and all is revealed.
You are the ultimate answer to your own fear.
Study yourself without coldness, and all will be clear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“That's the whole point of being human, to accept each other despite lacking comprehension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“My holiness is rooted in life and humanity. Life is sweet, life is holy, when lived for humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Justice is not a hashtag (The Sonnet)

Using a hashtag doesn't make you an activist,
Social media trend is not herald of social justice.
Justice comes when each lives with accountability,
Not when you play pretend justice because it is trendy.
A true activist spends their life working for others,
Occasionally they indulge in some self-charging activity.
Insta-activists spend their life drooling for attention,
Humanitarian crisis is just an opportunity for publicity.
Human rights violation is just a hashtag for most,
So they keep up with the trend by voicing phony endorsement.
Once the trend fades 99 percent of those voices disappear,
Until the next crisis comes, and the vultures hover again.
Violation of human rights is only violation if it is trending.
Society that measures social justice by social media trend,
is nothing but a bunch of hypocritical, bottom-licking ding-a-ling.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“It's okay if you come late to me. I am here, I am near, I have come early.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Love her for all she is,
Not just when she can please.
She is the crown of your life,
Not the fly of your jeans.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“She is Crown (The Sonnet)

Love her for all she is,
Not just when she can please.
She is the crown of your life,
Not the fly of your jeans.

Love her for all she is,
Even when she hates herself.
If you can't be the rock to her,
It is you who needs help.

Love her for all she is,
Be the cushion to her failure.
While all celebrate her triumph,
You celebrate her even in disaster.

Death can't do you part if you're never two.
Love is what turns two minds into one truth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Qatar & The West (The Sonnet)

All of a sudden the entire west is peeved at Qatar,
Because only the west has exclusive rights to exposure.
All of a sudden we care about the migrant workers,
The Afghans, Palestinians and Kashmiris no longer matter.
Human rights issue here is, we don't care about human rights,
We only care about filling the air with hypocrisy and mania.
Our poster boy just dumped half his new workforce as garbage,
We buy Oscar, ditch Batgirl, and we diss Qatar for buying FIFA!
We are just peeved that the Arabs are showing off for a change,
Sure it's unacceptable, since showing off is a western tradition.
Yes, it's true that the Middle East reeks with human rights issues,
But it is also teeming with passion beyond western comprehension.
If you really care about human rights stick to a cause for more than a fortnight.
Otherwise keep your trap shut, lest you open and be proved a privileged white.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Heavier the pain, greater the hope.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Aile fotoğraflarını asla internette paylaşma, internet gizlilik diye hiç bir şey yok, sadece orman var, ve her yerde hayvan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Beyond the Nature of Truth (The Sonnet)

Do you realize how serious the situation is,
Are you aware of the lives ruined by cruelty?
Because if you stay aloof in your cloud castle,
All talk of humanity is but a tale of fantasy.

Can you tell the real from the unreal,
Can you tell facts from fantasy?
I am not talkin' in terms of neuroscience,
I am askin' you as a human, of human responsibility.

We can argue about the nature of truth all we want,
But that won't alleviate the suffering of society.
So the question is, do you know the worth of life,
How far will you go to preserve another's serenity!

Does human welfare overpower your insecurity?
Or is the self still separate from society?”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“No sunrise without sacrifice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“There is no sunrise without sacrifice,
There is no unity without inclusion.
There is no love without conviction,
There is no justice without unsubmission.

No sewage is ever sanctified without sewage-workers,
No society is ever civilized without reformers.
No mutation ever occurs without an anomaly,
No world is brought to life without love-laborers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“No sewage is ever sanctified without sewage-workers,
No society is ever civilized without reformers.
No mutation ever occurs without an anomaly,
No world is brought to life without love-laborers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“There is no sunrise without sacrifice,
There is no unity without inclusion.
There is no love without conviction,
There is no justice without unsubmission.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Unbound (The Sonnet)

Unbound by tradition,
Unbound by biases,
Unbound by belief,
Unbound by loyalties,

Unbound by logicality,
Unbound by assumption,
Unbound by selfishness,
Unbound by argumentation,

Unbound by intellect,
Unbound by ignorance,
Unbound by arrogance,
Unbound by indifference.

This is how we rise human,
This is how we find communion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Personal fiction is a psychological necessity of the individual – hence, a right - why can't we simply accept it as such!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“We cannot stand accountable without offending a few pricks.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission