Writers And The Writings Poem by Varanasi Ramabrahmam

Now a days most of the attention and focus in literary scene is going
to the creators, that is, the poets, novelists, fiction-writers, non-fiction, dramatists, and the like writers.


We are asked to read this book or that book for the sake of the creator and are fed with information about the creators.

The sympathy of the critics is to the writers and not to the readers. How far that work will be useful to us the readers is no where mentioned in the reviews. Here I mean by useful to us is, how far and much the works help us in our vicissitudes.

The poet or writer may be a great Dalit writer; feminist; expert in depicting gender violence and women-empowerment writings; follows that ism or this ism rigorously and religiously; a great and passionate person for that or this and like social ills.

But how far these experts help us an refresh us beyond depicting the realities like a journalist and blame this community, that gender, this ism or that ideology, for all the ills present in society and increase animosities among communities, religions, regions, genders and all persons? How much this blaming or finding fault will improve the situation expecting making some villains for no fault of them?

Thus all the benefit and credit is given to the creator and the readers are burdened with lots of demeaning and abusive stuff which is passing off as literature and literary and intellectual creations sans aesthetic sensitivities and sensibilities.

Love, harmony, serenity, pleasure, joy, happiness are rarely depicted and only dark side of the society and individuals is highlighted by these expert writers. And also the hype is more on the awards that writers get and it is serving more for the sales of the books and doing very little to quench the thirst of reading.

We have another set of writers who do not have any depth is their thinking, feelings, work and mere entertainment of their definition is thrust on the readers. This type of books are more and they only benefit the writer and not the reader.

Ancient Indian and works from other ancient civilizations are reader-friendly. Their are like teachers, friends, dear relatives, counselors, guides, and promoters of aesthetic sense among readers.

It would be useful, nice and fine if readers and their benefit also are the focus of the writers, in addition to or instead of throwing their stuff on society for name, fame, money or like things only, depicting and canvassing this ism or that ism but not human integration, emotional satisfaction, and food to their aesthetic sensibilities too.

Let the focus change from writers to readers. Writer-centrist work has no use or does not benefit the readers in any way excepting wasting their time and money.

Let the writers note this. Readers are also as educated, enlightened, insightful and intellectual as you are, and aesthetic beyond your expectation and have in mind these when creating; and do not use your work for preaching what you love or are attracted to or this ism or that ism or this ideology or that ideology or this justice or that justice or this empowerment or that empowerment. Have respect for readers and their sentiments, sensitivities, sensibilities and self-esteem.

Readers are as important as writers and they are not inferior to writers in any way. Let the reader and his aspirations rule the literary arena.