In Tribute to Papa Mamta Kalia explores the war between tradition and modernity, and depravity of human relationships where the spiritual theme persists, resurfacing every now and then. The 'spiritual theme' is the most important for it is the universal currency of literature when things are falling apart, when wealth and technological gadgetry have mad the lives of a few comfortable, even luxurious, but not happy, while mankind in general wallows in misery and the world as a whole seems to be threatened by some sort of disorder or the other. Through the poem Mamta Kalia states that moral and spiritual progress is even more important than materialistic progress. The poem is an exposition of contemporary man's psyche, it provides a useful dialogue on spiritualism and materialism; modernism verses tradition. The poem delves deep into human psyche, particularly into a disturbed and materially possessed psyche