Benjamin Disraeli once said, “The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.” In the innocence of our first love, we believed that life was destined to be with that person only. Describing this pure emotion in her beautiful poem “It’s Pehla Pyaar, Every Time”, Sriti Jha takes us back in the corridors of teenage and reminds us of our very first love or any other love which always feels like the first love.

Written by her almost nine years ago, it is the most relatable story of all time. Presenting to you this poetic performance, which will leave a smile on our faces.

June Jordan once said, “Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.” And poetry about truth is an even stronger political act as it emotes the unsaid aspects of life bluntly. Today, we bring you one such thought-provoking poetry by Kunal Jhawar.

Kunal is an engineer by profession and a poet by passion. He is writing poems for over a decade now and mainly writes about love and life. One of his poems has also been featured in Rahul Dravid’s biography ” Behind the wall”.

In the backdrop of the recent events in our country, he observes the subtle aspect of life – truth, which has taken different forms today. In the world of fake and paid news, it becomes difficult to identify the actual truth, as the truth we see through the lens of media is not always real. In this KalArt presentation, Kunal through his poem “Sach”, reiterates the thought that we should always look for the real truth.

Presenting to you this thought-provoking poetry by Kunal Jhawar.

Many at times we’re faced with two equally alluring choices in life and we’re forced to choose one of them, like Robert Frost says in his poem ‘The Road not Taken’- “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/And sorry I could not travel both…” However, Tuheena Raj, a young poet and writer encourages her readers that it is not necessary to choose one passion, if one stays positive and determined, something good can come by being “the jack of all”.

The founder of WordsofWorth, a famous blog catering to modern day poetry, Tuheena claims that she has always been an active participant in all fields possible, be it drama, academics, dance, music or poetry; she confidently participated in everything she could get her hands on and learned from her diverse experiences. Graduating from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, Tuheena wanted to become a banker, however a part of her also wanted to become a writer. She made use of the digital space available to her and started with her blog on Instagram as well as Facebook and an year or so later, was appreciated for her work by acclaimed writers of India. Later she also got a job as a banker and continued to manage both of her interests. Her words inspired many young minds and she was thrilled by the idea of her words changing the life of people, for good.

Here are some of her thoughtful words which take us down the lanes of wisdom.

She thus strongly disagrees with the English proverb,” jack of all and master of none”. Her experiences have taught her the contrary and she inspires her readers to believe in themselves and to know that with hard-work and an optimistic outlook, anything is possible.

If we dig deep into the philosophy of human existence, we will find that love and friendship are the essence of humanity. These forces drive us, govern our actions, and we seek them all our lives. However, can love and friendship move hand in hand? Rakesh Tiwari’s “Ishq Dosti Ek Sath” beautifully strives to explain the complex and mysterious relationship between Love and Friendship. Both Love and Friendship are personified in the poem and their contrasting qualities are skillfully explained by the poet through a small tale.

The poem begins with a very interesting notion, when one fine day, Love and Friendship decide to cease their distances, patching their long historical gulfs and move together. The tale describes their journey through poetic lines and their experiences together. Love, however, overpowers friendship and their existence together comes to an end. As all things are destined to cease, so do all these incidents of Love and Friendship. Finally, one day, their paths cross again and Love asks Friendship why it never stays where Love decides to reside. Friendship smiles and replies saying that Love’s legacy begins where Friendship’s ends; Love is wild and fierce and reckless, Friendship, on the other hand, is rational and not so carefree. Friendship goes on to assure love that it will not be forgotten, that it existed before Love and it would continue to exist after Love. Hence from that day onwards, Love and Friendship take to their own paths and never meet again.

This mesmerizing piece goes onto conclude that love and friendship are like two sides of a coin, both continue to exist but, never together. Diving deep into the philosophies of Love and Friendship, the poet gives us an insight into the complexities of human relationships and the enigmatic relationship between the two social pillars of humanity.

According to United Nations Development Programme, up to 40% of the food produced in India is wasted. About 21 million tonnes of wheat are wasted in India and 50% of all food across the world meets the same fate.

Wait what? Yes, you heard it right. 50% of all the food produced globally is wasted across the world

Painting this heartbreak reality of the world through the colours of poetry, Mohammed Hatim Sadriwala presents his latest urdu poem, ‘Nivala’. On this World Food Day, let his wise words stir our human sensibilities to not waste food. Let the change begin from your plate.