«Being Us» by Shakti Shankar Dandapat

About the book:Being Us strives to be the voice of people who are at peace with themselves. Grateful for blessings. Aware of frailties. Grounded, compassionate and empathetic. They who aspire to attaining the joy within. They are on a quest — seeking answers to questions like “Who am I?” “Why am I the way I am?” etc. The questions offer them fulfilment rather than the vague irritation of confronting questions. Answers to questions such as these tempt us towards them but leave us fulfilled without them. Because the healthiest kind of sense of being we can achieve is probably through self understanding and inner peace. We are all perfect human beings the moment we accept everyone including us the way we are. We regret, repent and thereby redeem and recreate ourselves. Lifelong. Being us teases us towards bAbout the author:Shakti Shankar Dandapat studied at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, and The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. His doctoral research is on Odia Poetry in English. His first two books of poems in English are entitled “Out of Nothingness” and “Achintya”. He is an Assistant Professor in the P.G. Department of English at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjadeo University (erstwhile North Orissa University), Baripada, Odisha.Dedicated toMy parents, Mr/s. Ramormila Dandapat, for teaching me love, compassion, and life’s values. My wife, Mamali. My son, Achintya Krishiv Kalyan Dandapat and my dear student, Alpha(Lamealphaaz).Grateful toMy teachers, friends, relatives, students and above all, my readers.