Dhumil (Sudama Pandey “Dhumil”, 1936-1975) is a rebel poet, as emerges not only from the themes of his
poems, but also from
the composition technique with which he constructs his
images. He is capable of producing “attractive” images, as some unpublished fragments of his earliest work demonstrate. However, in the
poems from the collection Sansad se sarak tak (From Parliament to the Street, 1972, 2nd edn. 1975) he uses a “visionary” or hallucinatory method to create provocative images. This provocative vein runs through the whole poem, because one image does not move seamlessly to the next as it does in Muktibodh’s poetry. In the latter case, an image is built up through subsequent lines, or appears in different form in the same poem or in others; sometimes it is condensed into a symbol (and often a personal one). Dhumil’s poetry, on the other hand, is characterised by an accumulation of images, the purposely created emotional chaos stimulating the reader at a pre-rational level. However, Dhumil’s images are not abstract; instead, they are endowed with a unique concreteness typical of hallucinations
his writing was some what similar to baba Nagarjun
we are feeded with his small but marvelous poem in our text books
“Shabd kis tarah kavita bante hain,
ise dekho… aksharon ke beech ghire hue
aadmi ko padho
kya tumne suna kee yeh
lohe kee awaj hai ya
mitti mein gire khoon kaa rang?
lohe ka swad lohar se mat pucho…
uss ghore se pucho jiske muh mein lagam hai”
But todays politics started playing game with this rebelious poet.