Silpi Satta’ means the essence of an artist. This collection of poems was written by Arup Saikia. The theme or material of the poems is based on the present perspective of the socio-cultural and personal thinking of human beings. This book of poetry is one kind of symbolic expression of human thoughts at various stages of life. Poet Arup Saikia said, "The vicissitudes of our thoughts go through depression, expectation, romanticism, and pristine nature with a holistic approach to everyone. The revolutionary zeal and subsequent conflicts with rulers, companions, and beloved ones are reflected in ‘Silpi Satta’.
INSIGHT: The poetic fame of Arup Saikia rests primarily on his socio-cultural poems rather than on nature separated from humans. The true cultural son of the soil, the poet’s ideas are stimulated by the feeling of traditional happenings in day-to-day life. The compromising nature of so-called artists can't acquire the genuine aspects of people's art. This is beautifully depicted in poetic or allegorical verses. By reading the poems of Arup Saikia, like ‘Sabda’ or ‘Biplab’ one can get a matchless digestive taste. It's easy to acknowledge that the poet is endowed with unusual gifts of perception and expression. That has established him as a poet of his own style without imitating anybody.
The Poet projects writing ideas above fancy passion and reasoning above emotional thoughts. This is one of the reasons for gaining a good number of readers. The spontaneous creative skill may sometimes blur the rationale of a particular subject, which explains the belief or outlook. The reading and recitation of some poems have good rhythmic vibration. Actually, the artisan of words can only write poetry. Poetry cannot offer long narratives like prose. The radiant focus on the lyric to articulate precisely is one of the prime characteristics of poetic verses. His poems, like ‘Abhinav Sankardev’ or ‘Chaolung Sukhapha’ represent a presentation of patriotic beauty that is aloofly parochial in its content and spirit.
POETRY OF REALITY: Poet Arup Saikia himself is an artist of tradition. He mingled with all sections of people for performances and travelled a lot. Saikia's cultural journeys were from advanced liberal European countries to the conservative Arab world. The experience he gained was carefully adored in his heart and exited through the brain in the form of poetry. The emergence of poetry from such a mobile milieu expresses itself as poetry of peculiar excellence. In the interest of depicting a sense of life, the poet takes recourse to careful plot, walking at a slow, relaxed speed.
DIVERSE ZEAL: Some lines of his revolutionary poetry electrify readers' brains with a strike of passion. Saikia's attitude towards nature is of the Wordsworthian romantic type and not of the critically evaluated outlook of Tennyson or Arnold. The deep bonding that spring season illuminates with spotlights of affection blended with natural beauty is clearly shown in ‘Bhalpuwar Baat Digholia’. An intimate and cordial array of contrasting feelings is another prime feature of the literary writing he has been nursing. The passionate urge and refreshing intensity are a departure from monotonous traditional patriotic poems of emotional appeal.
The book contains forty-seven pages. The abundance of lyrics of all kinds makes literature more and more burgeoning, which poets like Arup Saikia support. The readers will get a different taste while reading this book, and requesting everyone to read energetically.
Samiran Bhuyan is a writer, cultural activist, and motivational speaker. The poet is a noted cultural activist of international fame. He travelled a lot.
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