"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The Choice is Struggle
To run for a top-notch career
or lead the struggling people?
a path illuminates in front of Devendra’s eyes
he steps on it to join in
to lift the tillers out of the dark pit
Landlords are owners of the land
the tiller plows the rice field
for twenty-five percent of the harvest
that hammers the tiller to live like slaves
Devendra’s father cringes
the picture of their bending backs
planting the saplings
he opts to raise the share to fifty percent
but his peers with their red eyes ostracize him
Devendra takes up the task
of working for dressing up their lives.
his childhood playmate Jui chimes in
they plan and jump into the struggle mode
living in a hut in the tillers’ area
Jui’s Father, the arch-enemy of Devendra’s Father
spreads the net of violence and the threat of death
Devendra and Jui are not deterred
nestled in the hut surrounded by threats
of attacks and terror strikes
but they don’t throw up.
Gautam Shankar Banerjee
Gautam S Banerjee is a poet and author. He has written 1062 poems in allpoetry.com poetry site of which 124 were front page picks. He has written three including this one: Indian Hippie and Aryan Man. His fourth novel, which is in the pipeline is called "Ram is Reborn".
Mr. Banerjee has been a railway officer (IRTS) and worked in Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra. The Junior Chamber of commerce of Bombay has bestowed on him, among others, a "Outstanding Civil Servants" title. As Divisional Railway Manager in Bhavnagar in Gujarat the Civil Administration and Business Community has awarded him with a plaque for his outstanding service for the people. As Chief Commercial Manager of Western Railway he was selected for the Commercial Shield of the Ministry of Railways among all the sixteen zonal Railways.
Though he had given his time and energy to the railways, literature had been his first love and soon after retirement he took up working with novels and poetry.
