This was his second book published in 1993 by Parag Prakashan, Delhi. His first book came in 1958 and then after 35 years this second one was published. This long gap could have been dangerous for any poet but his popularity and innocent as well as sincere poetry kept him very much alive in the world of poetry. He had once read Alexander Pope's Poetry, 'The Quiet Life' whose last few lines were as follows: <poem> Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone; Tell where I lie. </poem> These lines were the main reason in the delay of this collection. This book contains only 36 of his poems which are undoubtedly very less in number but from the sight of quality his each and every creation equals a whole Poetry collection.
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