About the Book
The content of these poems is the essence of the observations that our body mind and soul, do together and separately, remaining truthfully to itself in this world. Let me also open up my eyes, as a student, teacher, a family man, a citizen of my nation and as a particle of this universe, with a positive perception. This book is specified in three parts as Body, Mind and Soul, that seemed separate; but all set in one text, just like our body, mind and soul that none will exist without the other. Our body won't listen many of the voices, it hears in this world; the mind interferes there; and mind also, sometimes, will fail to answer many of the questions, the world including this body, ask us. Definitely, the soul will find an answer, although, a little bit late. Better, let us have a coordination of our body, mind and soul, for a sooner realization of matters we face. This concept, 'body, mind and soul', is not a mere imagination; but truth, the togetherness, I feel in all my work and life that I am focused upon. Indian sages say it is yoga, the union of body mind and soul, by means of achieving peace and happiness. For me, it is evident that the peace and happiness can easily be achieved, concentrating upon our own work, whatever it maybe. By the term soul, I mean our own living-self that enlightens and enlivens with all individual living beings. This book is actually a tour of the body, to the mind, realizing one's own soul, discriminating and differentiating the likes and dislikes, each body and mind of every living being on this earth owns. Individual likes and dislikes are there with all of us, as a deciding factor of our happiness and unhappiness. We start our life as a weeping child, with its helplessness in a new environment of this creative world, due to its ignorance, to adjust itself with the available ambiance. Our ambitions, expectations and desires may fight with our unlimited needs or it may compromise with the limited resource, both are trouble makers, as the more we get the more we need. We have our likes and dislikes that create love and war, success and failure, achievements and frustrations. But no one is bothered to analyze, why we like or why we don't like certain men and matters, we deal with. It's not because of the quality or characteristics of things or men we face; but because of our own taste and habits that make us attract or repel from people and this world, which is full of colors and attractions for those who need it. . Our likes and dislikes happen to be the two sides of the same coin of our ambitions and needs of our mind. All what we do is on our own likes and intentions, as everything in our life begins and ends on the basis of our love, on account of love and only on the expectation of love. Love for a man or for a woman, love for money and wealth, love for travel, love to conquer, love to save oneself and love to save others; love to fight and win; love for peace and love for a real love, we hold with us, that may or may not help us for our living. All types of love in the world create war, and all our war is for love of some sort, within us. We create war for peace and we fight against war for peace, the contrast; it is the essence of a true love to ourselves. Love, visible and invisible, we have; but the real essence of love is enjoyed, when it is invisible. It will be fully filled within our soul, not seen to others, as a fragrant breeze that binds us in our solitude that we can create even in crowd.
About the Author: CP Rajasekharan, the well-known writer and broadcaster was born and brought up in an Indian village, North Parur of Ernakulam district in Kerala state. Started pre-primary education from own mother and joined in local LP School for primary education; finished upper primary and higher secondary Lessons from Govt. High School & SNV Sanskrit High School, North Parur. Associated with the 'Sarvodaya Movement' (Peace and welfare for all) of Gandhi Peace foundation, and worked with its social welfare activities in the village and became the chairman of its children's wing, at the age of 13. Participation in the literary and social activities, apart from studies aided him to prove himself as a best student, an all-rounder in the campus and elected as the school leader, while studying in 10th class of SNV Sanskrit High School. Later, became elected as the magazine editor, arts club secretary, general secretary and chairman continuously in the yearly college union election; and successfully completed graduation & post-graduation in Sanskrit language & literature with prizes and honours from Govt. Sanskrit College and University College of Trivandrum. Joined All India Radio with a career in electronic media and worked for Radio & TV, in various capacities from the post of program presenter to the post of the Director of Radio & TV; and served in media for 35 years covering various states of India. That was an opportunity to win national and international reputation in scripting directing and producing Stage, Radio & TV programs. The Radio profession was an indirect force to write and do productions with innovative ideas capturing the listeners' appreciation. The first full-fledged, play, 'HOMAM', (The Oblation) was broadcast in 1976, that received high appreciation from radio listeners all over the state and successfully continued the broadcast and publication of poems, lyrics, stories musical features, documentaries and plays that became a part of the job since 1976. The first book, 'Moonnu Vayasanmaar' (Three Old Men) written as a Radio Drama, on old-age agony, in 1982 and published later as a stage play in 1986, enabled to receive the 'Literary Academy Prize' of the State, the 'Award of the State Academy of Music and Theatre', 'National Awards of All India Radio', (for several programs and productions many times), best 'Public Service Broadcaster Award' of India and the 'Television Award' of the State.
