My Poetry is to inquire the Consciousness: Dr Dubasu Chhetri

Kamala Budhathoki 'Sarup' 

Kamala Budhathoki 'Sarup'

I recently spoke with Dr. Dubasu Chhetri (Durga Bahadur Subedi Chheri). Dr. Chhetri is a famous poet from Nepal. He was awarded with the Sajha Purasakar, one of the most prestigious awards from Sajha Publication for his anthology of poems 'Aswomedh Yagya ka Ghodaharu'. This book has been regarded as his masterpiece.

Poet Chhetri said, ‘In my book 'Aswomedh Yagya ka Ghodaharu', the love, reality, and nature are personified. I think that the epic with the power of love can lead the situation, and at the same time it can protect the literature with value. I have projected values in my book. This very fact perhaps might have provided this beauty in the literature of consciousness’.

Poet Dubasu further added. ‘I am pleased to mention that Sajha Puraskar, the most prestigious award was conferred on my literary work. I feel that I was awarded in recognition of my experimental writing in Nepali literature'.

‘My poetry is to inquire the consciousness because it does succeed to meet its own conditions. Yes, what I learn about my book and literature of consciousness in particular just accentuates my profound non-ignorance of both subjects while I was writing my epic’. Poet Dr. Dubasu Chhetri said.

Poet Dr. Dubasu Chhetri

Dubasu Chhetri's writing style is unique. He has received appreciation from different critics for his uniqueness in his writing. He further added, ‘If we are to be a poet, a little poetry will help. I wrote a different verse like Shakespearean writing, in my book 'Aswomedh Yagya ka Ghodaharu', to try to fit such style into our writing. If I write something that does not meet the above conditions, then I regard it as a literature of non-consciousness’.

‘I read lots of literature of consciousness, and I realize that similar facts reflect in my writing’. Poet Dubasu added.

Yes, in Dubasu Chhetri's anthology 'Aswomedh Yagya ka Ghodaharu', we can feel our life, beauty, love and the present circumstances. His book is highly experimental and it reflects a different style of writing.

Poet Dubasu Chhetri also said, ‘My poetry and literature of consciousness both are useful for our society. Literature of consciousness is entertaining. I see them between two sentences. In every literature, the style can be different. However, I emphasize in the continuity of the same theme from the beginning to the end. Remember, this is the beauty of our writing. Yes, we must write within the framework of the original consciousness writing.’

The consciousness writing is an integral part of the writing phase. It does not interrupt the flow of the original writing. Of course, the writer would have to give the impression to the readers.

‘The subject of my book about life is not complicated, and this is relevant to the current time. It talks about contemporary issues’. He said.

Along with poems, Poet Dr. Dubasu also writes songs. He said ‘Long ago, I myself visited in different places to listen songs which I really enjoyed. I listened to local people singing which helped me to extend my understanding of musical horizon. The songs from villages are truly beautiful.’

His other books are also becoming famous in Nepal. I admire Chhetri's continuous quest for knowledge. A poet like Dubasu is not made but born.