Honours and Awards

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Honoured as 'Laurel Man of Letters' at the World Congress of Poets in Florida -1985
Michael Madhusudan Award for Literature -1988
Chaired sessions and read his poems at the World Congress of Poets held in Bangkok (1988), Turkey (1991), and Taipei (1994)
Australia Day Award for Literature, Melbourne, Australia -1990
Awarded 'Certificate of Merit' for distinguished contribution to poetry by the New Zealand Temple of Arts - 1990
Awarded the 'Honorary Founder Membership of the Olimpoetry Movement', New York, U.S.A.
Madison Medal for Peace by Young America Union of U.S. -1999
Literary Award for World Peace by Literary Academy of World Peace, U.S.A. - 2004
One of the contributors to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Commonwealth Literature, London.
Elected as Honorary Professor of Letters by the Temple of Arts Academy International, New York, U.S.A.
Elected as Vice-Chairman of the Indian Association of English Studies (IAES)
Member, Executive Board: Indian Society for Commonwealth studies (ISCS), New Delhi
Member of the Editorial Board of ISCS' official organ - The Commonwealth Review'.
Received the 'Dove in Peace Award' for Excellence in World Poetry - A Gold Medallion - year 2000 - by the Poetry Day Australia International, Melbourne, Australia
Awarded the highest academic honour as 'Professor of Distinction' by the Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
Chairman of Board of Advisors to 'American Biographical Institute, North Carolina U.S.A.
Awarded several Doctorates and M.Phils on his poetry by several Universities in India and abroad.
Honoured at the World Congress of Poets in Florida as "Laurel Man of Letters"
Selected by the Govt, of Tamil Nadu as a member of the delegation to participate in the World Poetry Festival at Bhopal

Mentioned in

'Indian Writing in English' by K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar. Sahitya Academy, New Delhi
'International Book of Honour, Directory of International Writers, USA.
Men and Women of Distinction, International Authors and Writers. Who's Who, Asia, England
World Commonwealth Directory of Education, Science and Culture. U.S.A. Travel

POETRY:All existence Is being, becoming and withering And a tension between Imagination and experience.

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A poet never dies, he goes on forever. No grave can bury him. No monument can confine him. A poet is for all times, and for all climes.

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Life ! Everything hinges on a lie, A feathery fascination Of leaky souls and dwindling - personalities. Hence, 'Act in your life As if you are going to live forever, And live your life As if you are going to die tomorrow'.

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Nothing is constant, all seeming, All time-bound trivialities. I accept the receding seasons — As day wheels the night, And night wheels the day.

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Life, a criss-cross crisis Amidst dwindling destinies Delirious dreams And diabolic disillusions.

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Oh God ! Give me a moment of love For a handful of gold And give me an eye That can see others hearts In barter of gold.

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In the trance of existential tumult Lets enjoy the lilting present Dancing to the titillating tunes of today Living and realizing life to the brim, And forgetting the forlorn hopes Of jigsaw puzzle life.

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Home of course is sweet and serene For those who discover symphonies of hearts Home is a place where your heart belongs...

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Religion ! The very word is nauseating With the stink Of human hatred and barbarism Then, where is God's benevolence ? But the question is 'Whose God' ?

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Remember, life is a conglomeration Of farewells and reunions, Hopes and fulfillments, Peace and despair, tears and laughter.

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Try to wakeup, at every new dawn Like a fresh dew drenched petal, Live life for the day, and leave the rest to oblivion, Longing for a new day and a new experience.

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Reality is to realize The being within oneself And to become conscious Of the now, the moment The here and around. The rest is — Ambiguity and ambivalence.

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There should be laughter and smile everywhere My hands should create the new language of love New alphabets of equality New syllables of solace So that, fire flies may weave manuscript Of man's rainbow dreams.

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Man's life on earth a visioned march From darkness to light From untruth to righteousness : From death to immortality "when love arrives, all needs and flaws are gone..

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