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“Mir Samsul Haque -a tri-lingual Odia poet who pens at equal ease both in his mother tongue Odia as well as in English and Urdu. Mr. Haque has a profound understanding of human life and nature. His wit and wisdom reach their pinnacles specially in his micro poems. Poetic devices flow from his pen as spontaneously as do the swords swing from a juggler’s hand. His unique style of terse expression evoke readers’ curiosity from the very opening line and force them to dive deeper to ransackle the real essence of his poem. Though he writes on multifarious themes, yet the bulk of his poems deal with the different shades of love, stark realities of life, beauty and nature.
Nishat Jabeen, on the other hand, is a passionate bilingual poet from Hyderabad, well versed both in Urdu and English. Her poetry bears witness to her maturity of thought and brevity of expression. They are highly imaginative and thought provoking and could be explained from different points of view. She flawlessly seizes the ebb and flow of emotions that nudge her heart, in a highly poetic language in her poetry. She explores the unsolved mysteries of human life, the loss and gradual degeneration of human values which serves as balm to her aching soul. The experiences amassed from the harsh realities of life, the poignancy in love and the indelible moments of smiles and tears – all find an innate place in her poetry as themes. Besides, her unique style of writing delivers an instant sugary savour to her readers.”