Laddi,Amit K,Arbind Kumar Choudhary In An Interview With Prof. Suresh ChandraDwivedi,All Round,Issue No.37/Vol.3/p.28-30

Dr. Arbind Kumar Choudhary is thefounding father of InternationalAssociation of Poets, Essayists and

Novelists(2006) at Begusarai,Bihar ,one of the foundingmembers of World Literature

Society, Tripura, and the editor oftwo reputed literary magazines

Kohinoor (ISSN 0973-6395) and Ayush(ISSN 0974-8075) known continentlyamidst the creative writers. He

has been published in England, Greece, Malta, Canada ,Mongolia, and

Cyprus .There are more than 1200poems in English on websites ofmany poetry societies including

nine poetry collections to hiscredit. Poetic Pigments of

A.K.Choudhary, a critical anthologyon his works is already publishedin 2010. As a mature love poet

he touches all colours oflove---sensuous, sensual, parental andspiritual through a number of

the eastern and western mythicalcharacters. The immortal love

episode of Radha-Krishna, Laila-Manju, Hir-Rangha, and Meera-Govind

will shape spirits of the fiancéand the fianceé even in the

days to come. Like theRomantic poets Dr. Choudhary

supersedes the tide of many apoetic bride. Dr. Choudhary is thefirst Indian literary luminary who

propounds his philosophy of miseryin Melody, of love in Love, ofnature in Nature and Nature

Poems, and poetry in The Poet withoutfear or favour. What appeals

most to the poetry lovers ofhis contribution to English

literature is his innovative racystyle, propounded first of all inIndian English literature as bardshave done long ago. His name is

enlisted in Cambridge Dictionary ofEnglish Writers (2009), and WorldPoetry Almanac (2008) , Mongolia,

Contemporary Poets,2011 and EnglishPoetry in India, 2013.

Excerpts from a conversation with

A.K.Choudhary :

Q1.SCD: How does your poem

reflect the society?

AKC : Moral degradation has reached

at the crux of bottom now a days.

Modern generation searches god,

pleasure, sound health etc. in the bank-

balance and heap of wealth.

My poems unmask not only

the pests of the society

but also guide how to keep

pace with time and

circumstances. To show the

mirror of the existing

society is the incomplete

work of any writers. The vast

range of my poems pierces the

nebulosity for creativity and

generosity . Our ailing society

requires proper spiritual

guidance, not reflection from the

shaping spirits.

Q2. SCD: How do you rate the

present day poetry /fiction?

AKC : Creative writings has come of age

now a days because Indian English poets

in general and novelists in

particular have established their

credit at the global level though

they are deprived of required

privileges in comparison with

the western counterparts. However,

Indian English writing has to do a

lot for its up gradation,

globalization and perfection.

Q3. SCD: What are the most tormenting

things for Indian English writers?

AKC : Surprisingly government aided

statuary bodies such as The

UGC ,Sahitya Academy, and many others

take little interest in helping

the peeping poets/writers nor

can they arrange proper

platform for assessment,

criticism, publication and

translation. For the UGC creative

writing is secondary, criticism,

primary. All these organizations

have become a waterloo for

Indian writers. If they go ahead

in the writing, the credit goes

to them, not to these

organizations.

Q4. SCD: How do you take reviews, some time good but some time bad also? How do you judge your book success or you never think like that?

AKC : I think all

critics/reviewers who criticize

honestly are for perfection and

up gradation. Criticism is the

part and parcel of the

creation that is based

for its perfection, not

humiliation . Secondly, the

situations under which the

creation takes place, pass

on beyond the vision of the

critics. Thirdly, the taste of

likes and dislikes also

vary from critic to critic.

Fourthly, criticism that is

done unconsciously can

demoralize the creative

spirit to its worst degrees.

Fifthly, critics are like the

mosquitoes who stung to live,

not to harm at heart. Critics

criticize the creative works

because they want to live in

the world of criticism. Criticism

is as inevitable as blood

circulation for life.

Q5. SCD: What do you think about

Indian English writers?

AKC : India has remained a land

of great literary importance

from times immemorial where

many regional languages sprouted

and flourished to a great

extent. Even Nobel Laureate R.N.

Tagore is primarily a Bangla

writer who proved his mastery over

English writing also. India has

produced a galaxy of English

writers who have enriched

English literature to make it up

to mark. However majority of

Indian English writers are still

struggling for recognition for

want of publishers,

government help and, above all,

criticism from Indian point of

view. Thomas Gray's line haunts

me time and again.

"Full many a flower is born to

blush unseen."

Q6. SCD: As a writer, to which

tradition, if any, do you see yourself

as belonging?

AKC :-I believe in exploration of

new vistas of knowledge,

innovative racy style, uses of

Indian popular words, new words,

and a number of new and

innovative technique to make

Indian English literature up to

the mark of the global

level. In a nutshell, I can

reply that I belong to

innovative tradition that

suits my literary temperament

most. However, I leave the

answer of this question for

the critics who will have to

go through all my creative works

and will finally pass judgement

on my belonging, if any.

Q7.SCD: Which of your poetical works

are autobiographical in nature?

AKC :- It is not a child's

play to find autobiographical

elements in a single work. The

feeling that germinates in my

heart is expressed in all my

creative works. However echo of my

autobiography can be found in the

poems based on love and nature.

Q8. SCD: Does of your childhood

memories effect your writings?

AKC :- Childhood memories goes on

in the mind so long people are alive

on this earth. I, born, brought up and

educated on the bank of the sacred

river Ganga, remember my

childhood memories time and

again all through my creative

world. This quatrain elicits my

autobiographical feelings very

frankly .

The Ganga's odour

Is a good humour

For the Vidur

Of Sirajpur.

Q9. SCD: Do your think that poetry will

gain greater popularity?

AKC :- Poetry is the music of

the heart that germinates

from its core. I do

believe that future of poetry

lies in the hand of the

poets for greater popularity.

Poems are also prescribed for

technical institutions. I am

still optimistic that poetry

will regain a greater

popularity in the womb of

time.

Q10. SCD: When did you seriouslydecide to write poetry and publishit? This question is because most of

the publishers don’t like topublish poetry due to lack of

readers inspiration?

AKC :I started to convert my

pending poetic dream into

reality after joining as a

lecturer in the college from

1996. Poetry is my passion,

and love for my life that

excelerates intensity of my

creative spirit. It is the

fragrance of my heart that

lies hidden under flesh. My

poetry is the voice of

the unsung heart and its

purpose is to propagate the

message of 'Return to Nature'

for all living beings of

this planet. Modern society must

keep pace with nature for

peaceful and fragrant life. My

second purpose is to unlock

the wedlock of Nature. My

third intention is to create

a literary whirlwind across

the globe. My fourth purpose is

to give the voice to the

mute, the unprivileged and

deprived living beings. My next

motive is to enrich Indian

English literature up to the

global mark. Poet will

have to do his job without

taking notices of others.

Q11. SCD: Whom do you call the poor

chap in the society?

AKC: I do believe that the

power hunger, the earth hunger

and the wealth hunger are the

worst miserable fellows in our

society, but those who cherish

universal vision are the

richest/happiest men. Lakshmijee

is ever mobile and

Saraswatijee once deeply

rooted in the mind rooted for

ever. Men must hanker after for

spiritual wealth rather than

the earthly tempests.

Q12. SCD: How do you react   about

philosophy of Love ?

 AKC : Love is the universal gift of God

that gives divine bliss to all creatures

in general and human beings

in particular. Love is the

spiritual feeling that can be only

realized, not expressed in black and

white. It germinates and

blossoms in pure psyche rather than

elsewhere. Loveless life is worse

than curse. Love is the fragrance

of life. The teenage searches

love in sex while the mature

finds love in realization. Love

all atoms of the universe and

you will get the proper result

from Nature and her objects. One

must hanker after spiritual

love, a binding force between

Man and God in life.

Q13. SCD: What is your philosophy

of Death?

AKC : Death is the last episode

of the fleshy life. It is not

the end of life. It is the part

of the cycle of Nature ---birth,

death and rebirth. People are

not the slave of Death, on the

contrary Death is the slave of

weak, old and wound. The seeds

of life are buried under the

wintry cave of Death.

Q14. SCD: What is your innovative

poetic style ? Give an example if

any.

AKC: The muse lovers can find the

ascending order of the

alphabets in a single quatrain

that is not common amidst

the creative writers nor is it

easy to use in a stanza. Here

is a quatrain from ‘The

Poet’ (2011) :

“ The enigma, facetiae and genre

Heal the infidel conjecture

That enrich the oeuvre

Of the father- figure.”

(The Poet,p.43,).

One can find the sequence of the

alphabet- e, f, g, h and I in a

single stanza besides the rhymed

quatrains.

The muse lovers can sip a cup of the poetic wine in an innovative style of this quatrain of “Love”.

“Loves maceNoyances the opulenceOf the perforceFor the quiescence.”(Love, P. 46)

Another example of the innovativestyle that stirs the poetic mind to a great extent is this quatrain of Nature:

“The liven moonIs the noonFor the osculationOf the helicon”(Nature, P. 23)

The sequence of liven, moon, noon and osculation (l-m-n-o) is exceptional to English literature. Some of the thought provoking phrases such as---lap of luxury, tophy wife, odour of sanctity, as dull as ditch water, soldier of fortune, donkey -year, the mating season, agony uncle, Tom, Dick and Harry, eternal triangle, grass widow,century’s corpse, pay the debt of nature; proverbial sentences----Love is the fragrance of life , paupers are the time’s best jewel, Nature is under a vowof celibacy, Wealth is a wild goose chase, Religion is an intoxication, The palmy days of life is the felicityof strife, the poor are those who play false, Man is the prize idiot of the earth etc are my poetic forts.

Q15.SCD: How many collections have

you authored so far, and what

are those?

AKC: They are as follows:

1. Eternal Voices (2007),2.University

Voices (2008),3.My Songs (2008),4.Melody

(2009),5.Nature Poems (2010), 6.Love

Poems (2010), 7.Love(2011), 8.Nature

(2011),

9.The Poet (2011), 10. Leader(Press),

11.Haiku(Press) and 12.

Majuli(Press).

Editor of the Journals

1.Kohinoor(ISSN 0973-6395)and

2.Ayush (ISSN 0974-8075)