Contents

1. Faith                                                                                                                                                        05

2. Virtual World                                                                                                                                        10

3. When Flowers Bloom on the Slope                                                                                                12

4. Friend                                                                                                                                                     17

5. I Know                                                                                                                                                    21

6. Father                                                                                                                                                     25

7. Fireballs                                                                                                                                                 29

8. Wail                                                                                                                                                        35

9. Common Person                                                                                                                                  38

10. Phoenix                                                                                                                                               42

11. Queue                                                                                                                                                  46

12. Pitched Darkness                                                                                                                              49

13. Music                                                                                                                                                   52

14. Colours are Culture                                                                                                                           56

15. Yearn for thanksgiving                                                                                                                     61

16. A poem about the clever man                                                                                                       65

17. Milestones                                                                                            

A development professional, NALIN RAI holds the belief to celebrate the ordinary and this celebration finds perfect resonance through the translated work presented here of the poems written by Manoj Sharma. It is his conviction that the most distilled form of communication is poem, and its outreach needs to be expanded through translations so that the readers of other languages also can get the flavor of the poetry written in Hindi. The present work is his third book, the earlier ones are- Why I Run- An Exhilarating Running Saga of Alpana Agarwal and Love and Pain; Four letter words, but different manifestations.

MANOJ SHARMA is an illustrious writer based out of Hoshiarpur in Punjab and has prolifically written in Hindi and Punjabi. Through his writings he likes to capture the pain, pathos,
celebration, dilemmas, and the tribulations of the common man. It has manifested into six books Yathartha Ke Ghere Mein, Yakeen Mano Main Aaaoonga, Beeta Lautta hai, Meel Paththar Bula Raha Hai, Aise Samay Mein and Aawaj Ki Khanak. He has also translated poems written on Bhagat Singh from Punjabi to Hindi.