US-based IIT alumni releases book of Hindi-English poems

 

Washington: Aiming to fund his initiative of skill development among youth, a Silicon Valley-based IITian has come out with a collection of poems, which are a narrative of human emotions in the journey of life. 

 

Originally written in Hindi and translated into English the book "Your Shadow Wants to Walk Alone" published by Rupa is a collection of 36 poems by Sandeep Kishore speaks of emotions, the integral part of one's personality which influence the making of it. 

 

"The book is about sentiments, aspirations, desires, hope, changes, expectations, pain, growing up, dreams, failures, successes and much more. It is about all of us, as we go through different phases in life - some great, some good, some not so good," says Kishore, an IT-industry leader and also a motivational speaker. 

 

The poems, he says, were first written in Hindi and then translated into English with the objective to reach out to more people and connect with them and all of them "are about passionately capturing the imagination, thoughts, dreams and life itself through its various phases.