Handcrafted Humanity

"A world without 9/11 and January 6 begins with a heart without hate." Abhijit Naskar is not a name, it is a force of oneness. And "Handcrafted Humanity" is a manifestation of that force in the form of a hundred sonnets, as treatment for the blunders of our world caused by self-centricity and sectarianism. To the reformer in each of us Naskar says: "Word of the somnolent masses is noise. Word of the reformer is rule, divine rule."

A mammoth compilation of 1000 sonnets by Abhijit Naskar, the Humanitarian Scientist, who has been serving at the forefront of humankind’s struggle against hate, intolerance and fanaticism.

“My ethnicity is empathy, My race is reform, My nationality is oneness, My name is human.” The humanitarian scientist's poetic masterpiece of inclusion.

Tum Dunya Tek Millet, literally translated, Whole World One Nation, is declaration of a dream - the dream of one world family. Thus speaks the humanitarian scientist: “From Karbala to Kurukshetra, from Jerusalem to Chanakkale, light of truth has never submitted to the howling audacity of divisive animality - then why should you? Remember, there is a karbala in each of you, there is a kurukshetra in each of you, there is a jerusalem and chanakkale in each of you. And till you accept defeat out of your own free will, not a force in the world can dampen the daring advances of love and reason. So, get up - get out - and get lost! Wanna lead the world? First learn about the world - get so lost in the struggles of each and every people of planet earth, that you forget where you came from altogether - get so lost in the struggles of the people of earth, that for the first time in life you start to breathe as a whole human being - get so lost, that for the first time you see the light of dawn not as a puny slave to puny borders, but as the civilized maker of a civilized world.”

Sinirbilimci Şair Abhijit Naskar'ın ilk Türkçe kitabı. Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems) is humanitarian scientist Abhijit Naskar's first turkish work, and this bilingual edition includes translations along with 37 new sonnets.

“Friday Azaan and Sunday Choir, All pray to the same light. Yet in our divisive stupidity, We use it as excuse to maintain divide. Secularism has three stages. First, you realize, all religions pray to the same God. Second, you realize, God exists only in the human heart. Finally, all talk of God disappears, and what remains among the humans, is a natural sense of oneness.” Thus speaks planet earth's humanitarian armor.

"You have to decide, do you want to live as ever-bickering concubines of pestilential politicians, or as an undivided planet's undivided civilians?" Thus speaks Naskar. "Kill the terrorists, You postpone terrorism. Jail the fundamentalists, You end terrorism. Sentence the corrupt, You postpone corruption. Empower the civilians, You eliminate corruption. Disband the soldiers, You postpone war. Rehabilitate the nationalists, You put an end to war."

Thus speaks the human bulldozer. “You know what Black means? BLACK means Brave, BLACK means Leaderly, BLACK means Adventurous, BLACK means Considerate, BLACK means Kind. You know what Woman means? WOMAN means Wonder, WOMAN means Original, WOMAN means Miracle-worker, WOMAN means Affectionate, WOMAN means Noble. You know what Pride means? PRIDE means Passionate, PRIDE means Resilient, PRIDE means Indefatigable, PRIDE means Determined, PRIDE means Equal. You know what Muslim means? MUSLIM means Magnanimous, MUSLIM means Unbending, MUSLIM means Sensible, MUSLIM means Luminous, MUSLIM means Inquisitive, MUSLIM means Mindful. You know what Asian means? ASIAN means Amiable, ASIAN means Strong, ASIAN means Independent, ASIAN means Articulate, ASIAN means Neighborly. In short, you know what Human means? HUMAN means Harmonious across Hate, Undivided through Diversity, Mindful amidst Mindlessness, Amiable amidst Apathy, and Neighborly amidst Nonchalance.”