The Spirit of Spacetime
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A focus on extraterrestrial neither means one has to go very far, as the very second poem set in Venus shows, nor does it mean the old world has to be forgotten. Satellites of distant Jovian bodies also get a mention, quite a scientific one in a later poem, and it can be a foray into the astronomical world for the beginner learners.
Recalling one conversation with a noted economist, the poet agrees that without all the hued emotions of life, art would never flourish. This has been reflected in the love for a celestial object far out in the heavens, and through the sensory delights, bordering on gluttony, sometimes explicitly. "Rainbow flamingoes and fungi meat" embroiders the coming out of age for space exploration. The ancient ritual of subjugation is not absent in the universe, too, as we see in the poem "Brown rule", even though its clutches escape the "third (possibly planetary)world". The waning side of activity by itself is also present, as "Picardo" ruminates, even after discovering "new land".
A feeling of déjà vu might be evoked by the mention of bees and belles in "Scenery Observation", by the kid-themed "Purple Park", and even in the frothing "Mania", but that feeling is a solute for "Immortality", where the speaker mentions it isn't a thing that ever crosses his mind, akin to a "blind man who doesn't see darkness".
Flipping through half-a-dozen later poems, we arrive at "The double-E gall", where the terminology is apt for college majors in science, and a very "traditionally" futuristic, digital world is portrayed, and a common path-finding algorithm is pushed back in the queue as ancient, sure to bring smile to a marketing manager working with ""AI""(sic).
In "Ghost Bedoin", we meet an elusive subatomic particle which acts as a secret messenger, bring news of freedom, to the deity imprisoned in the core by crushing mantle, which she gets shortly after the star-birth that "outshone the entire galaxy". Next, we get to find archeologists marveling not only by the discovery of our home's remnant but also our capabilities of "cramming". Then we get a tiny glimpse of the future of Hip Hop and Rap, before we're back on a "Guided tour" of the only bright solar system of today. There we meet the melting pot of past civilizations, trinkets, relationships, moods, the dynamics of mirroring all together within a few pages. The poem ends singing praises for the "inquisitiveness" of the smallest one, which revolutionized the way we see the universe from the arrogance of omniscience a hundred years prior to the current day.
Skimming through the pages, we find traces of authoritarianism, which is perhaps made more palatable by the lack of hierarchy and the common points of failure of such systems. It can be argued that barebones simplicity is what readers crave more at times. Feelings of alienation, both in the usual negative and contextually positive sense of the word, is buffeted by the poem which probably gestures us for a healthy dose of narcissism, "The rock and a crossing chicken".
We, obviously, could not include all the poems in this introduction but we shall end with the one which the poet considers his magnum opus in this collection; it is named "The Astro Monkey".
Thank you and have a joyful reading!
Autoren-Profil
Bishnu Goswami is an author, researcher, game/software developer and an avid bicyclist. He has published around four dozen books, with a few under a pseudoname. His genres include some nonfictional work; including techniques to crack difficult written and oral examinations, thinking holistically about science and its pedagogy and improving on existing de facto methods for the same.
In the realm of software development, he has authored on the scripting and start-to-finish development of multi platform 2D games. Another example of his work involves the monetization best-practices in this area, using live-examples from his own individual projects from the past. One of his very recent projects involves an evolving element which can benefit the upcoming programmers in the field of inclusive development, which is also a part of his ongoing research work.
In the very relevant field of inclusive development and global health, Goswami has worked with Rohin C, an American enthusiast, and jointly published a book on using Progressive Web Apps for Inclusive Development. He has previously worked on the use of these apps for newly industrialized countries, and those accounts are reflected in the book.
He has also authored multiple books on some new variations of board games, including their analyses and feedback from the early-bird players, quite a few of them being acclaimed by the reviewers. He has also authored in abstract thinking puzzles, which has mostly been received very positively by readers of all age-groups.
In addition to the recurring element of puzzle and their simplification in his work, Goswami has written on memoirs. These involve personal journeys to his cosy times with the rural-ferally juxtaposed indogs, an intelligent 'breed' of dogs that socializes itself out of nuclear-family dwellings, or the time he rode the last 'small' train to an ancient town of India. Some of his work here also dwells on the slightly risqué subject of personality profiling and stirring of the cultural potpourri.
While working with the Society of Mental and Rhetorical Training, an institute created by the highest ranking civil officers of his home country, Goswami learned a few manners of the discipline; especially on the stressed importance of presenting oneself professionally, and with confidence. This is also noted down in one of his earlier works, and which was in part responsible for his invitation to various lectures throughout the country and internationally.
Goswami has a master's degree in science and has also won multiple awards in national and international conferences. He has also contributed in Quora, a knowledge sharing website and maintains a blog and a software-developer website. In his free time, he likes to listen to classical music, watch birds and go on a tour of bicycling.
