My Cravings, My Throes: A Collection of Poems

Book excerpt: “MY CRAVINGS, MY THROES” is a matchless and peerless collection of poems of Hilal Ahmad Mir. The book is divided into two sections. It depicts the subjective and objective world of the poet. When we go to the depths of the depthless depths of the book, we come to know that the poet craves for something, but his cravings are not fulfilled. Unfulfillment of the cravings pains the poet wildly and the unfulfillment of the cravings gives rise to throes. The book is the best one. Hilal Ahmad has touched every issue in the book. He believes in humanity. He tells in one of the poems that all human beings are one. They belong to the same parents. Allah has given the same air, water, sky, sun, moon, earth. . . to all. Why do they fight in this fleeting world for nothing? He believes in the fraternity, justice, peace, equality. . . This book is good in every sense. It is not inapt to write here that the book is the Panacea of the ills.