Standstill - Tirtho Banerjee - Bog

These poems, essentially about memories, are an attempt to give voice to some
reflections through words. These are vignettes of events and situations that drift
like clouds.
Memories - some deeply personal and some recalled objectively - stay etched in
the remote corners of our minds. They accompany us almost all the time, as we
tend to recall the past. Most of these poems have no dates or mention of any
event. However, some of them talk about particular episodes, not necessarily
personal experiences, which have registered themselves indelibly in the poet's
mind.
We all have memories - good and bad, bitter and sweet. And we long only for the
fond ones, and want to forget those which are painful...but in vain. Sometimes,
these memories visit us in our darkness and make us gloomy while at times, they
offer us a ray of hope. As we recount a whiff, its fragrance stays with us.