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“Stagnation & Expansion (The Cognitive Sonnet)

There is not one but two imaginations,
One causes stagnation, another expansion.
It's okay to have a little bit of stagnation,
But stagnation as life causes degeneration.
A stagnant mind raises cognitive defenses,
To guard the stagnation against radical ideas.
An expansive mind brings down their defenses,
To expand perception by embracing new ideas.
Stagnant minds revolting against new ideas,
Are like impressionable kids throwing tantrum.
It's not their fault that they despise expansion,
Ascension takes a huge toll on minds in stagnation.
So when stagnant souls laugh at your expansion.
It is sign that you're moving in the right direction.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Interfaith is faith supreme.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“If we are not intentionally conscious in our communications, we are likely to cause unintentional harm.”
― Kim Clark, The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t

“You are either anti-semite or sapiens, you cannot be both.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Mi casa no es su casa, porque no tengo casa. Mi casa eres tú, yo soy tu casa. When each human becomes home to another, that is the birth of an impossible esperanza.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Esperanza Impossible Sonnet 1

Earth is but a bedlam,
All the beings are loonies.
We are so engrossed in prejudice,
Integration feels like blasphemy.
We still cannot live side by side,
We want it all for ourselves.
We won't even move a single inch,
When it comes to our opinion and ways.
Selfishness, thy name is Sapiens,
Upon its norm we philosophize kindness.
We invented fancy terms like altruism,
Lest we're infected with common humanness.
Humanity is too alive to be bound by ism.
Dead things can be dogmatized, not expansion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Earth is but a bedlam,
All the beings are loonies.
We are so engrossed in prejudice,
Integration feels like blasphemy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Mental Por El Mundo (The Sonnet)

Mental por el mundo,
Mental por la gente!
Sin mentalidad de servicio,
No podemos seguir adelante.
Some are mental por dinero,
Some are loco por la ropa.
Let them be as they please,
Estoy loco por la humanidad.
A promise was once made,
He asked me to unify the world.
Ever since, I have been on duty,
My life isn't mine but of the world.
If I fail, you cross off one human.
If I succeed, you witness civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“When all go berserk for sect as bozos on booze, be the sectless sapiens and stand indivisible.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“People are the truth of life,
Not some beliefs and biases.
People are the magic of my words,
People are the center of my poetries.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Pak I stand, pak I rise!
Call it pak, call it pure,
Sanctity knows no divide.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“Why do you think I make zero mention of the culture I was born and raised in? It's because if I am to build a world where civilized beings would behave civilized and step across cultural bigotry, I must stand as the anomalous specimen of that possibility myself - I must stand as the ultimate global citizen - as a sapiens of earth, not of borders. Hence, I wiped out every last trace of identity imposed on me by the environment. Today I stand as the Himalayas - many cultures will claim exclusive copyright over me, but no single culture is vast enough to contain me.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Be the proof of integration,
When prejudice is the tradition.
Devise your own inclusive destiny,
When heritage is rooted in division.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“Better be an outspoken bigot than a counterfeit freethinker.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“Goodness is universal, vessels may vary. Some call it water, some agua, some pani.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“We are supposed to be explorers of infinity, not prisoners of primitivity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“Be a question mark in front of assumption - be an exclamation mark in front of habit - be a full stop in front of discrimination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz

“If Black culture was not adequately presented to black people in America, than diversity becomes a curse.”
― Craig Majors, THE PROUD NEGROES OR NIGGAS NO DIFFERENCE: POEMS ARE WRITTEN BY

“When culture is code for division,
You gotta be uncultured to find assimilation.
When hagiographies are passed on as heritage,
To be heretic is the first course of action.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“When culture is code for division, you gotta be uncultured to find assimilation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Neighborhood Humanitarian (The Sonnet)

They ask me, why do I never run out of ideas!
It is because I never dwell in one culture.
Sometimes I'm North American, sometimes Latino,
Sometimes I'm South Indian, sometimes I am Turk.
When I run low on charge, I listen to Español,
When my sight gets foggy, I watch Cary Grant.
Whenever I feel homesick, I listen to some Telugu,
Whenever my heart bleeds, I run straight to Turkey.
It is sort of a perpetual motion engine,
I empower the cultures, the cultures empower me.
If I am the world's not-so-secret hometown human,
The world is my secret to my infinite electricity.
How, do you think, I became the neighborhood
humanitarian to every single person on earth!
It's because I never glorified one culture over another.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Thus Peace Begins (The Sonnet)

Peace begins with society,
Society begins with individuality.
Individuality begins with liberty,
Liberty begins with accountability.
Accountability comes from unity,
Unity comes through community.
Community comes through diversity,
Diversity comes through inclusivity.
Inclusivity comes through nonrigidity,
Nonrigidity comes through curiosity.
Curiosity comes through expansivity,
Expansivity comes through evolvability.
Evolvability comes through taming animality.
Animality is tamed when we prioritize humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“Give me ten lovers who value love over tradition, and I shall give you a world without discrimination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“You should adapt your customs to the people you love, instead of forcing them to adapt to your customs.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Instead of being chained to the dead,
Let us be each other's roots.
Be a garland that celebrates life,
Instead of a hangman's noose.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Till integration becomes life, life will lead to disintegration.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo

“An organization that fails to enable, and hear, a diversity of voices is like preparing a multi-course meal using two ingredients. Sure, you might be able to fill a plate but without utilizing a full range of ingredients that provide richness, texture, and spice the resulting taste experience hardly pleases the palate.”
― Dan Albaum, The Impact Makers: Voices of Leadership

“Just Need to Be Human (The Sonnet)

You don't need to be an arab to stand by
the muslims, you just need to be human.
You don't need to be an immigrant to stand up
against hate crime, you just need to be human.
You don't need to be a woman to stand up
to misogyny, you just need to be human.
You don't need to be a queer to stand up
to phobia, you just need to be human.
You don't need to be colored to defy
discrimination, you just need humanity.
You just need to be not stupid enough,
to confuse diversity with pathology.
Every person we meet is our neighbor.
We cannot exist as human beings,
till we wipe each other's tears.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“No matter what, I am not giving up - I am not giving up on this world. Because among all the planets across 2 trillion galaxies in our universe, this apparently insignificant little blue dot is my home - it's my family. And I shall keep fighting, unarmed and unbending, for the rights of my family, for the peace and uplift of my family, so long as the four valves on my left keep working. Fighting is a good thing, if the reason is righteous. And there is no greater reason, no greater cause, to keep fighting, than for the welfare of our family. That is why, I am not giving up - no matter what, I am not giving up. I am not giving up on the welfare of my family - I am not giving up on my humankind.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home

“My world, my family.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Her Insan Ailem: Everyone is Family, Everywhere is Home