Prof Nandini’s love poem is about self-love that provides solace during life’s challenges. Trust your authentic self and embrace vulnerability. Rediscover yourself in the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths.
When life comes apart in your hands when things seem out of control it’s best to love yourself. Love, be your own philosophical perception, be a reference by a question to the self on the same subject. Be your own focus. The sense of self-hood is never your subjectivity. Self-concept and self-awareness are only about your true self and false self. The real self is your tangible, dependable, innovative and vulnerable person and the unreal self is your idealistic, phony, and pseudo-self. Trust your unprompted, reliable experiences to have a feeling of being alive. I am your real self. I am not a rueful façade, I don’t lack extemporaneity neither I feel lifeless and hollow, I am you, yet another ‘you’. In the Game of Chess, the Queen protects the King. In principle. Make me your shield, you be my touchstone. Love, loving me is as good as loving yourself. I am your relationship with the 'self'. I am your mirror image like a Siamese twin. Make me your engagement with your 'self', immerse in me, and in me you engulf.
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Prof Nandini Sahu is the Vice Chancellor of Hindi University, West Bengal, and a celebrated Indian English poet and Amazon’s Best-selling Author. Formerly a Professor and Director at IGNOU, New Delhi, she is the author/editor of 23 books. A double Gold-Medalist, her accolades include a Gold Medal from the Vice President of India for English Studies, the Michael Madhusudan Academy Award-2024, and the Tagore Samman-2025. Her expertise spans Folklore, Hindu Studies, Comparative Literature, and Critical Theory.
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