Remembering Shiv K. Kumar

The paper evaluates Shiv K Kumar as a poet—a poet of love and intuitions. He sees the holy Ganga in the West and Mississippi in the East. Sex, to him, is not a means to release lust but a religious mantra that can make one feel divine. He respects women but does not fail to criticise the faithless ones. He gives due place to the cries of the poor and the exploited. He satirises the corrupt judicial system that offer nothing except pain and suffering. The pen is dipped in the satirical ink which writes nothing but the truth though somewhere the intention of amelioration for the greater cause is reflected. Though the poet is no more, he survives by virtue of this divine love which he recommended along with his emphasis on intuitions.