"If everywhere the God fill
Where, on earth, do devils dwell?"
The author has no patience with man's capacity to deceive himself and others, and man's flair for hypocrisy. And rightly so too, as we are all sure to agree:
"Say one thing and do something else
Is the first step towards success".
"Man is prisoner of his own mind;
None else can bail him out of the bond
Sometimes, he is philosophical and unconventional, as in the couplet:
"If our God is present everywhere,
Should one go to temple for prayer?"
Or
"Why need middlemen
Between God and man?"
At other times, he is satirical, with elements of irony and sarcasm. But he is always effective, because he is in right earnest.
This might be his first attempt at poetic composition, but there is maturity of thought and depth of feeling, which come from his variety of experience in life. I wish more power to his elbow; and hope that this collection, or may be selection, of couplets, will have a wide circle of readers. The quips are thought provoking, without being too harsh or hurting.
Dr. D. Anjaneyulu