Adhikari’s Muktak hailed

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu,  Sept. 25: When I remember the dream, the past and the youth, I see you there Missing them, I smile and forget my sorrow, I see you there No, I do not accept at all that there is no god Missing the god, I close my eyes and I see you there

Muktak writer Ishwar Mani Adhikari got huge applause when he recited these lines from his anthology of Muktaks titled Sambodhika. The book created a complimentary buzz among Muktak lovers since it was released in Pokhara last month. 

Adhikari received the same compliment in an interaction organised by publishing house Page Turner in Kathmandu as well.

At the programme titled Sambodhika Discourse, poet and radio programme presenter Ramesh Paudel stressed that Muktaks must be written in four lines of which the first, the second and the fourth lines should be rhythmic. “Adhikari has followed this rule very skillfully,” he said.

Pratik Dhakal traced the striking lines of Adhikari's Muktaks while critic Ashok Thapa stressed that the third line should be a booster doze for the fourth line of the Muktak. “Adhikari has not paid well attention to this in many of his Muktaks,” Thapa said.

Poet Jyoti Jungle praised the rich expression in Adhikari's Muktaks, yet she felt a lack of rebellion in it. “He has expressively satirised the political and social anomalies but it lacks the sense of rebellion,” she said.  

A PhD in mathematics, Adhikari had published Samaya Ko Tasbir, a collection of poems and Hridaya Ko Aalap, a collection of Ghazals prior to this. He is former chairman of Pokhareli Yuba Sanskritik Parivar as well.