Dr Shailja reviews Meenakshi’s book, “Symphonies of Life” is a powerful collection of poetry that explores themes of love, loss, pain, and resilience, exclusively for Different Truths.

Meenakshi’s book, “Symphonies of Life,” is truly a symphony—a passionate, sweet, and harmonious portrayal of human experiences that touches the human heart. The book is a compilation of verses that are sentimental and nostalgic, infused with pathos that are the core of life, as in, death, pain, and departure; as well as inspiring and powerful verses, highlighting the nobility, love, and hospitality of the human spirit. In an era of layered insecurities, voices like Meenakshi’s take the reader on a journey to the basic, original beauty of human existence.

The poet’s imagination creates a place where the reader finds abundant solace and security. Meenakshi’s verses are bathed in an unfathomable simplicity, yet her imagery is benevolently haunting to the human spirit, the spirit that otherwise tends to get lost in mundane life. Moreso, Meenakshi has an uncompromisingly special place in her heart for those who have met with adversity, a self-owned responsibility that poetry takes for the sake of the civilization that houses it. In her empathy for those who are suffering, the poet surpasses her pain and struggles.

This empathetic wisdom is the pinnacle of Meenakshi’s penmanship and the ultimate contribution any writer can make to her society.

Picture by the reviewer.

Dr. Shailja Sharma

Dr Shailja Sharma, a US mental health provider and multilingual author, has published widely in various literary journals and anthologies, in many literary journals/forums of repute across USA, Canada, UK, and Asia. Her book, "Dear Mama: An Immigrant's Secret Cry," by Setu, Pittsburgh, has been critically acclaimed and she was awarded a special literary honor for her contributions in international languages. Sharma's work has been published nationally and internationally.

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