New blooming after scripture based violence

Kaka Kalelkar wrote that in our country many a genius have been slaughtered by the scripture based violence. Immediately after birth the social system brands human beings as low and fixes the occupation to pursue. It has killed so many potential energies. it has either smothered so many longings or have not allowed to be born. This has lead to irreparable damage to our country, so many suffering utter injustices.
With time this stagnant social system weakened. Dalit literature is a symbol of such change .this poetry collection by Mr.B.N.Vankar represents the new blooming after the violence based on scriptures.
It is certain that dalit literature has pledged to present many untouched ideas, sentiments and longings in a language that is based on personal experiences. And with that Indian literature has enriched and will continue to. Dalit literature hammers on several things associated with our culture and traditions that need to be broken. Dalit writer struggles against injustice done by a human being against another human being; he himself has suffered the injustice. Hence in his statement there is unique voice. while reading this collection we clearly hear Mr.Vankar’s voice.
Mr.B.N.Vankar is a poet, however his poems are not merely stories of woes speaking for own experience. He is a critic too, his canvas is huge, in the new society envisioned by Mr.Vankar will have values like tyaga (renouncing) and shaurya (valour), essentially it will have values of equality and freedom, without which all other vales will be devoid of any value at all. The road to equality is still difficult and long.To reach there, society will need laws as well as what Sane Guruji calls ‘ emotion literacy ’ ( bhava saksharta). Poetry is one such instrument to develop this bhava saksharta. The poetry of Mr.Vankar is the best effort in this direction.
The title poem overbridge is a short poem. The poet does not wish to take the beneficent road shown by the traditional religion. He wishes to advance with Pragna (supreme intelligence) and Karuna (compassion). This way is not only beneficent to the dalit community but also the one to uplift the society at large.
Prof.Jayant Joshi