Quintessence of Soul (Poems)

The poet is deeply moved by life's all-time virtues like compassion, truth, duty, perseverance, beauty, peace, hope, divine grace and reason too which he cites as the dividing line between beasts and humans. Even as the poet recognises the great power of time that “lays its icy hands on all” and enslaves all, proclaims it is yet unable to touch one pair of things-truth and love. ---M.G. Radhakrishnan, Senior Journalist Quintessence of Soul is of a higher level of sensibility. It startles our thought, stirs the soul and at times takes us to hither to unscaled heights of appreciation, inculcating in us a sense of revisiting our own memories that refuse to get relegated to oblivion. Dr. J.S. Jahangir's words resonate so richly in our minds and bring a plethora of expressions, images and resonances of the era in which he lives. True as Walt Whitman said, “when you touch this book, you touch the man”. --- Prabha Varma, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Poet My favourite of his poems is "Prayer" in which he beautifully concludes that "A silent prayer within is far better than many a din." T.S.Eliot says that genuine poetry communicates before it is understood. The author's collection of poems is one such example of Eliot's aphorism.--- V. Vigneshwari IAS, Technocrat turned Civil Servant