Blunt and Lyrical

Blunt and Lyrical is a set of 107 poetries. It is a beautiful blend of two opposite tones one is lyrical the another is blunt. In its structure sometimes in the diction or in the lines the book is paradoxically existent with both the expressions. It preserves the poetries about the subaltern the deprived the least spoken about the left ones and casts the images of desolation solitude and hope the eager to grow. The poetries in its themes speak about the domains of love relationships time the self socio-political socio-cultural issues state their imposed violences. Its subjects address the plights of the Tea Tribe community of Assam politics democracy history civilization society floods of Assam corruption government offices farmers nation freedom revolution insurgency the love and hatred of this earth women illegal immigration equality dreams psychology to a diverse range of contemporary and universal subjects. Mrigraj''s voice as a poet is sensitive and new. He has developed his own unique style of writing which shifts in nature with his poetries. His voice expresses solitude and separation. His voice expresses an eager to grow. He hails from the Tea Tribe Community of Assam who has his roots from Odisha. His forefathers had migrated to Assam four generations back when Britishers brought the people from various states across India to work in the tea gardens of Assam as tea labourers. Born in the Bogabagh Tea Eastate he spent his life in different milieux including the Tea Eastate''s labour quarters in his birthplace the village called Baregaon a small town named Sonari and the state''s capital city Guwahati. He studied literature and films. He is a multilingual poet who writes in English Assamese and Hindi. He has published his poetries in various magazines. His poetries have been broadcast at the All India Radio in both the languages of English and Assamese. Besides being a poet he is a filmmaker story writer translator story teller essayist screenwriter actor lyricist activist and entrepreneur.