Uvaacha: From Beyond the Crowd

By Sandipa Bhattacharjee

Often in our chasing of the hours we get lost, defeated, and worse - deluded, by the results.

The poet provides solace to such weary travellers trudging through the by-lanes of Life. Through easy rhyme, she not only voices some deep-seated questions, but places arguments and answers that open one’s mind to the real meaning of life.

What is in it for the youthful adventurers, for those yet to set upon the stormy voyage of life? The questions that get pushed aside by their youthful curiosity are brought to the surface. Premises are placed and through lucid reasoning counterpoints are provided revealing a profundity beyond the seeming simplicity. Profound yet lyrical, here is a form of writing that relaxes even as it appeals to the deep thinker.

Tough yet gentle, adamant yet understanding, difficult yet easy: yes paradoxes rule the pages, and the light heartedness of the author’s writing carries the reader through them all with a smile.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Aug 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781543770940

Sandipa Bhattacharjee

Growing up in a small town of India, the poet has dedicated her life to being a teacher, writing to avail that elusive bliss that escapes one in the frenzied world of technology and change. Here she presents her understanding of a life lived in faith, leading to peace

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgement

BOOK 1 – FAITH

1. Shree Ganesh

2. Paradise on Earth

3. The First Spring Lily

4. Daybreak

5. The Journey of My Life

BOOK 2 – ACCEPTANCE

1. Rara Avis

2. The Broken Wing

3. Lessons Learnt

4. One World

5. A Tribute to Old Age

6. Dedicated to Women

7. A Message from The Heart

BOOK 3 – TALES

1. Story of A Stone

2. Says The Taj Maker

3. Icecap

4. The Assignment

5. Ode to Music

6. Heart of Gold

7. Story-Telling

BOOK 4 – LOSS

1. To The Bereaved

2. To The One I Left Behind

3. On Parting from A Guru

4. For Ma’s Release

5. In Consolation

6. A Mother - A Miracle

End Note

When words take flight from the pen I hold

I seem to be by my Master controlled…

For the thoughts that arise in my mind

For the way they just turn into rhyme -

I am but a scribe for Powers Divine!

Uvaacha is a Sanskrit word which means ‘said’.

For Baba

Thank you for introducing me to fantastic dreams

and believing they can come true!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am grateful to all who have touched my life in one way or another, for you have in some way featured in my thoughts presented here.

I owe my parents, my sister and my nephew my first thanks for making a special place for me in their lives. I am grateful to my extended family and friends for bearing with my deviant thoughts and ways.

My role as a teacher made me realise how dependent I am on my students and my gratitude to this community is immense. A special mention must be made of the two Chinmaya Mission schools where I spent some fantastic years as a teacher, yet, learning, living, growing and experiencing life in some surrealness. Much of what I present in these pages comes from the understanding of life I gained here.

BOOK 1

FAITH

I have travelled strange roads of Life. Some journeys were along known paths, some along unknown ones, some tranquil paths, and some quite the opposite. Many times I have found myself alone even when the paths were populated. Surprisingly, when on lonely paths, I have experienced company, and my conversations during these walks are what strengthens my faith in Life being the work of Art of a