laughing Buddha by pravin gadhavi
Pravin gadhavi
Pravin gadhavi born in 13 may 1951, he is retired IAS officer in the government of Gujarat .He is writer and poet , a creative writer , his collections of poetry are my shadow , Bayonet(1985), Brainwash , padchhayo(1996), Tunir (2002). His short story collections are partiksha(1995), Antarvyatha(1995), surajpankhi this all are his best works. He take a Award from Gujarat Government .He write Dalit Kavita . One of his best poem which we discussing here it is laughing Buddha.
Poem :
Full moon day of Buddha 's birthday
There was an
Underground atomic blast on
Buddha's birthday a day of
Full moon
Buddha laughed !
What a proper time !
What an suspicious day !
Buddha laughed !
At whom !
There was a laughter on his
Lips and tears in his eyes
He was dumb that day
See,
Buddha laughed !
The poem start with full moon day it is Budhha punima , it is Buddha's birthday when Dr B R Ambedkar on 14 October 1956 along with his wife and others 3,65,000 of his dalits followers made history , when they decided to leave the folds of Hinduism and embrace Buddhism . It is atomic blast when the people change their on cast . In this poem we see the connection of god with human being , god feel what one people are doing with another people , they are changing their cast because of they are not accepting by their on people . In last , there was a laughter on his lips and tears in his eyes , Buddha see world harsh realities and cry . He was a dumb that day , Buddha is in confusion that become he happy because people are joining their cast or cry because they are not well treated by their on , why all treated him like Dalits , why we are not see her or his ability and skills ? Why we are not see them as humans , why we are not accepting them as they are ? . I am not conclude this poem due to all this questions . It's my point of view about this poem .
I like the religion that teaches Liberty ,
Equality and Fraternity .
Dr.B.R.ambedkar.
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