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Yayati Madan G Gandhi 1

You are the light bearer And I am the light seeker Your radiant thoughts flourish and fall As shower of blessings on us all Tides of love created by you Immerse all – make our lives anew Man is mortal, but your words are not Amber hearts will always cherish your thought’ Days will come and go with the flowing wind chime Amity and Peace will go to the height – prime Netizens, we are – of one universe Gather here to enjoy your sublime verse Grandeurs may dazzle our earthly eyes Age-old wisdom will never compromise Neither will it tell you lies Divine thoughts will make us wise Humble one, I am, roaming with my vice In your poems finding life to entice 13.10.2016 An Introduction to Yayati Madan G Gandhi: A visiting fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge Yayati Madan G. Gandhi is an outstanding educationist, litterateur and publicist who has been in vanguard of movements for sustainable environment, total disarmament, human rights and one-world mankind. As one of the moving spirits for the rise of eco-feminism in India, Dr. Gandhi pioneered campaigns like Beti Bacchao Beti Parhao while actively participating in Sarvodaya, Bonded Labour freedom and Civil Liberties Movement. A winner of Tagore Award in poetry in 1961, D. Litt from World Academy of Art and Culture and World Congress of Poets, USA, and the International Global Harmony Award, 2013,Dr. Yayati Madan G Gandhi occupies a very distinguished place among the contemporary English poets, especially when it comes to Poetry for peace and one earth mankind. Conferred with the title of Poet Laureate, Dr. Gandhi is the author of Twenty volumes of poetry. His poetry is widely researched for M. Phil and Ph.D. in several Universities. Among numerous awards and honours he won, a few are: One-in-Million Honour, Five hundred Great Personalities of the World, International Man of the Year (1991-92), World Intellectual (1993) Most Admired Man of the Decade, National Excellence Award and Rajiv Gandhi Award for outstanding contribution to education and literature. Yayati Madan’s poetry has been translated in several languages and included in anthologies of world poetry. Dr. Gandhi is also a painter and designer, and his work has been exhibited in galleries in Cambridge, England, and in Delhi, India.

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