Quest for originality!!!
Now here you see,
It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the place.
If you want to get somewhere else you must run at least twice as fast as that!!!
…………….Lewis Carroll
What is called original? An idea that nobody has ever thought, a muse that results in literary work of unparalleled proportions or an inspiration that results in an artifact that holds forth the attention of the beholder.
What requires being original? Pugnacity does not help, meekness is waste. If perseverance and talent were sufficient enough then even hacks would vie with Shakespeare for supremacy. Trying to bring out the first not only requires skill but also power to bring about changes; to move from stereotype to archetype.
Love and coincidence- it’s with these words that the answers to the above questions are written. We must be in love with what we are doing in order to pursue originality. We stumble from one idea to another until coincidentally we find our own original one.
Srijan is not just a work of literature that is rolled out from here every year; it is a Sisyphean search towards shattering stereotypes and breaking new grounds. Coyness does not belong here, meekness is not invited. It is a journey that begins with double the fervour and viridity than the previous time, which ends at surmounting new heights.
Writing is all about manner and material. A rich literature is one that conforms to all the demands while maintaining the class. The present issue may not promise a lot but has the audacity of being refreshing. In this issue we have tried to be with the tradition while taking full care of the evolving needs. The magisterial Past has been sustained and improved to better the future. We may not be novel in entirety, but we have definitely influenced the change to dispel the cliché.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the place.
If you want to get somewhere else you must run at least twice as fast as that!!!
…………….Lewis Carroll
What is called original? An idea that nobody has ever thought, a muse that results in literary work of unparalleled proportions or an inspiration that results in an artifact that holds forth the attention of the beholder.
What requires being original? Pugnacity does not help, meekness is waste. If perseverance and talent were sufficient enough then even hacks would vie with Shakespeare for supremacy. Trying to bring out the first not only requires skill but also power to bring about changes; to move from stereotype to archetype.
Love and coincidence- it’s with these words that the answers to the above questions are written. We must be in love with what we are doing in order to pursue originality. We stumble from one idea to another until coincidentally we find our own original one.
Srijan is not just a work of literature that is rolled out from here every year; it is a Sisyphean search towards shattering stereotypes and breaking new grounds. Coyness does not belong here, meekness is not invited. It is a journey that begins with double the fervour and viridity than the previous time, which ends at surmounting new heights.
Writing is all about manner and material. A rich literature is one that conforms to all the demands while maintaining the class. The present issue may not promise a lot but has the audacity of being refreshing. In this issue we have tried to be with the tradition while taking full care of the evolving needs. The magisterial Past has been sustained and improved to better the future. We may not be novel in entirety, but we have definitely influenced the change to dispel the cliché.
Insist upon yourself. Be original.
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