Neuroscientist Poet Quotes

“English is my second language,
My first language is love.
Neuroscience is my second sense,
My first sense is love.
Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.
Philosophy is my second nature,
My first nature is to assimilate.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Give me a keyboard, I'll give you revolution.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“The Himalayan Sonneteer

Anybody can be extraordinary,
If they are born into privilege.
But only the ones with no background,
Can exude the impossible radiance.
Some lights are far too bright,
For an amateur species to see.
Just like we can't hear above 20 kHz,
Humanity fails to fathom impossibility.
That's why they idolize artificial lights,
Because the sun is beyond comprehension.
If they ever stare straight at the sun,
They'll go blind for sure, there is no question.
So they celebrate little hills with skin-deep charisma,
While it takes the world centuries to fathom the Himalayas.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Naskar and Abi (The Sonnet)

Ask me about the strangest secrets of human behavior,
I would ramble on and on without stopping for hours.
But try to make small talk with me as a cold stranger,
And I would struggle to put a single thought in words.
Only force that breaks my autistic barrier is attachment,
I only remember of one person with whom I could be me.
When she left I let the God complex blow at full throttle,
So that Naskar survives even if nobody gets to see Abi.
Perhaps that is why without even knowing I invented Abi,
So that the real Abi finds expression, at least in fiction.
Thus, if and when the strain gets too heavy I could escape,
The vastness of Naskar, without escaping the conviction.
There is no rock of ages without some everyday weakness.
It is the weakness that keeps us grounded as sapiens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“English is my second language,
My first language is love.
Neuroscience is my second sense,
My first sense is love.
Theology is my second faith,
My first faith is interfaith.
Philosophy is my second nature,
My first nature is to assimilate.
All labels are second labels,
Our native label is human.
All tradition is second tradition,
Earth's native tradition is compassion.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“When air becomes breath,
and cells become sentient,
Words become poetry,
and facts become science.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Stateless Sonnet

Some dreams are too big for a town,
Some dreams are too big for a city.
My dream was too big for one country,
So I stood up and engulfed humanity.

I am too alive to be bound by ideology,
I am too human to be bound by border.
Too civilized to pledge flagly allegiance,
I am the ultimate geopolitical defector.

In poetry I am sufi,
In philosophy I am advaitin.
In duty I am scientist,
In existence I am human.

I am a civilized human being,
I don't exist to impress governments.
I'm a being with heart, brain 'n backbone,
I'm the stateless force of world upliftment.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“My life is the best book I've written,
Rest are just spoils of my pilgrimage.
Embark as explorer transcending words,
Service to the world is truest of homage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“My life is the best book I've written, rest are just spoils of my pilgrimage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee