This new volume, Tiger and Other Poems evinces a marked departure. After the success of two long volumes — Prayers to Lord Jagannatha (1994) and Krishna (2003) – Mohanty concentrates on the meditative and symbolic mode of writing. Tiger, that has occupied Mohanty’s thought-process since the 1980s, assumes in the poems of this volume, a dimension that only the symbolic mode can comprehend and illustrate. Mohanty has left no stone unturned in unearthing and exploring the diverse facets of life. In doing so, despite a deep sadness embedded in the poems, Mohanty sings the theme-song of life, unpretentiously celebrating the rhythms of life. Neither through rejection nor through protestation, but through a willing acceptance of life as meaningful, Mohanty has matured as a poet, with a distinct poetic vision, a distinct poetic utterance, and an immaculate sense of belonging to his own country, culture and tradition.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Niranjan Mohanty
Prof. (Dr.) Niranjan Mohanty is an M.D. in Homoeopathy of the Utkal University, Orissa. He is in the teaching profession for last twenty-seven years and now in the post of Professor and H.O.D. of the Post Graduate faculty of Repertory, in Dr. Abhin Chandra Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar. Gained clinical and teaching experience with examinership and guide of different Universities of the state of Orissa and outside. He has a research bias and worked as Project coordinator on Sickle Cell Anaemia under Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi. He has contributed many valuable articles in various homoeopathic journals, periodicals and magazines and presented number of scientific and medical papers in National and International meets and seminars. Prof. Mohanty is dynamic researcher, academician and good physician. He is now in the chair of President, Indian Institute of Homoeopathic Physician, New Delhi.
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