Himalayan Sonneteer Quotes

“Women ain't hood ornament.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“The world needs less cops and more teachers. Law enforcement only produces an illusion of order, it's the teachers who can create a crime-free society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Women ain't hood ornament.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Fear No Fear (The Sonnet)

I have zero tolerance for fear,
I don't mean intolerance of being afraid.
Let the fear come and go,
Just never let it make you slave.
Embrace it all, and the grip will slowly loosen,
Then take care of the cause of your fear.
It is quite human to have cold feet on occasion,
Just know, your backbone is your savior.
Fear resisted is fear amplified,
Fear embraced is fear relieved.
Most fears are rooted in imagination,
Observe yourself and all is revealed.
You are the ultimate answer to your own fear.
Study yourself without coldness, and all will be clear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“World Domination (A Satirical Sonnet)

White people's pain is pain,
Everybody else's is just discomfort.
That is why you peddle Hitler,
As such a monster.
You don't hate Hitler because,
He wanted to dominate the world,
You hate Hitler because he wanted,
To dominate everybody, including the whites.
The world is but heirloom to the whites,
All other claims are null and void!
Loot like a pommy, rebel like an insurrectionist,
Trod on whoever, just not the fellow white!
World domination is the ultimate white privilege.
Threat to white welfare is the ultimate
human rights infringement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“That's the whole point of being human, to accept each other despite lacking comprehension.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Heavier the pain, greater the hope.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Human, human, human,
that is all we ever are.
Not humanist, not socialist,
just carers of each other.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Qatar & The West (The Sonnet)

All of a sudden the entire west is peeved at Qatar,
Because only the west has exclusive rights to exposure.
All of a sudden we care about the migrant workers,
The Afghans, Palestinians and Kashmiris no longer matter.
Human rights issue here is, we don't care about human rights,
We only care about filling the air with hypocrisy and mania.
Our poster boy just dumped half his new workforce as garbage,
We buy Oscar, ditch Batgirl, and we diss Qatar for buying FIFA!
We are just peeved that the Arabs are showing off for a change,
Sure it's unacceptable, since showing off is a western tradition.
Yes, it's true that the Middle East reeks with human rights issues,
But it is also teeming with passion beyond western comprehension.
If you really care about human rights stick to a cause for more than a fortnight.
Otherwise keep your trap shut, lest you open and be proved a privileged white.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Women Ain't Hood Ornament (The Sonnet)

Why should women have to give up,
Their name when they get married,
As if they are not real people,
But hood ornament to their husband!
Why should a child be identified only,
By their father's name, not mother's,
Who by the way is the root of creation,
Who is the actual almighty creator!
It is a sad state of affairs when,
Morons peddle moronity as tradition.
Shame on us for sustaining such savagery,
As we do not put our backbone to action!
Each couple must determine the parameters
of their relationship, not some ragged tradition.
Only norm that matters is love, for in love lies emancipation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“I Am Here (The Sonnet)

Look into my eyes,
I wanna listen to your silence.
Tell me of the storms unpassed,
I wanna be your expression express.
Tell me what you have been through,
Tell me of the heartaches unhealed.
Speak the pain you could never utter,
I am here, I am near, you are my priority!
I cannot promise you all the happiness,
Nor can I promise you eternal peace.
But if and when the sky crashes,
I shall be your human shield.
It's okay if you come late to me.
I am here, I am near, I have come early.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Love her for all she is,
Not just when she can please.
She is the crown of your life,
Not the fly of your jeans.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“My holiness is rooted in life and humanity. Life is sweet, life is holy, when lived for humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“You may think your achievements,
Are the crown of your life.
But it's your failures,
That make you shine bright.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“La dominación mundial es el último privilegio blanco.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“When you love the world like you love your family, that day you'll develop the peacemaker métier.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“La esperanza es el desfibrilador de la naturaleza.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“La poesía es la forma más potente de filosofía.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“If we can't light up the forgotten corners, what's the point in discovering photoelectric effect!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“No ver la injusticia es apoyar la injusticia.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“There is a bridge from my heart to yours,
But you won't fathom it with all the words.
Oneness is a bridge revealed in silence,
Can you hear the pitter-patter of teardrops!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Human am I, Human are you,
Difference in-between is pure fiction.
Alive am I, alive are you,
Real death of life is in separation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“To realize there is no grand design,
Doesn't make us traitor to heritage.
It only makes us more alive to life,
It makes us infinitely more responsible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Life is a matter of shared liberty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Life is but a laughing matter,
Better die laughing than live crying.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“To not see injustice is to endorse injustice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Himalayan Sonneteer Sonnet 56

Seni seviyorum be insan!
It's okay if you don't get a word I say.
You won't remember the words anyway,
It's the sentiment that makes the way.

There is a bridge from my heart to yours,
But you won't fathom it with all the words.
Oneness is a bridge revealed in silence,
Can you hear the pitter-patter of teardrops!

If you can't hear the teardrops of a warzone,
All your philosophies are basically useless.
If we can't light up the forgotten corners,
What's the point in discovering photoelectric effect!

What's the point of all these fancy words and doohickeys,
If human emotion sinks to the bottom of our priorities!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Burn so bright, that the haters go blind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Reformation of a nation isn't measured by how many big revolutions it has to face. Reformation of a nation is predicated on how many citizens it has who refuse to bend.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Himalayan Sonneteer Sonnet 100
(Naskar Sonnet 1000)

It's the little everyday acts of justice,
That bring most change in society.
It's the little everyday acts of justice,
That actually eliminate inhumanity.
One big revolution in five years,
Brings no lasting change.
But one small act of uncompromise everyday,
Makes the whole world gain conscience.
Hence, reformation of a nation isn't measured,
By how many big revolutions it has to face.
Reformation of a nation is predicated on,
How many citizens it has who refuse to bend.
So I say - break the chains, take off the blinkers.
The whole world awaits, for it needs to be tinkered.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission