Dr. Kumaran has done great service to the contemporary Indian
English poetry by editing this book on our contemporary poet -Dr.
KV Dominic. The book has 24 articles by various critics and one
interview with the poet that throws light on his poetic philosophy
and creative art. He tells his interviewer: "The main objective of
our life is happiness and we can attain this happiness best by
serving others" (210); besides, "Man has to learn a lot from
Nature, especially from the animal world" (211). In his
introduction, PCK Prem observes that "Workers, farmers, laborers,
and the exploited encourage him to write and write" (15), and in
his article on Winged Reason, he observes that Dominic's poetry
manifests "a humanitarian view of men in distress" (53). Kumaran
traces Dominic's humanism in Winged Reason and observes: "the
analysis reveals the poet's faith in didactic poetry and ascertains
the relevance of his writing" (23). Sudhir Arora also explores
Winged Reason critically and affirms: "The poet in Dominic is an
angel who searches for the angelic qualities in men" (29). In
Multicultural Symphony, Dr. Arora finds that the poet "is grieved
when he sees the present India that has now become 'a hell of
intolerance and religious fundamentalism'", and the poet is
resolved "to win the hearts of his readers by virtue of his
'content'" (39). Chambial studies his book, Write Son, Write, and
infers, in his study, that his poetry is full of "humanitarian
philosophy steeped in contemporaneous societal consciousness" (45).
TV Reddy, in his study of Winged Reason and Write Son, Write,
argues that "his poems are a strong testimony of his socialistic
ideas, to his leanings toward communistic ideology, and to his
earnest zest as a social reformer" (61). Sugandha Agarwal opines
that Dominic's poetry addresses "the entire humanity about its
prevailing issues and problems in society. ... and [he] believes
that the real wealth of a nation is its citizens" (78).
-- Reviewed by Dr DC Chambial: Editor Poetcirt,
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