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Atirikt Nahin । अतिरिक्त नहीं [ विनोद कुमार शुक्ल का कविता-संग्रह ]
After forty years devoted to verse, Vinod Kumar Shukla arrives at a life stage where most poets tend to retreat into recycled nostalgia. Yet this collection proves he's anything but predictable. His latest work startles and disarms with a creativity that refuses to settle or fade. Critics occasionally dismiss his method as linguistic play or stylistic excess, but they miss something crucial. Poems like "Ek Vyakti Hataasha Se Baithgaya Tha" showcase how Shukla marries his distinctive voice with genuine moral urgency. His compassion for ordinary Indians and humanity itself shines through without a trace of sentimentality. Here's a poet who understands something vital: knowing a person's despair and walking alongside them matters far more than pretending to know them fully. Those who suggest poets soften harsh reality might reconsider. Through Shukla's attentive ear, we hear the shopkeeper's crude insult directed at ration buyers. Through his unflinching eye, we see the boy born from that cruelty, now hurling identical abuse at the very crowds marching past. Poetry, in his hands, becomes a mirror too honest to ignore.
- Author: Vinod Kumar Shukla
- Publisher: Hind Yugm
- Genre: Poetry
- ISBN: 978-9392820809
- Pages: 136 pages