Verses, two good!


City-based storyteller and speaker Mohan Krishnan says saint-poet Kabir’s Dohe was subtle and prompted the reader to reflect and arrive at his own conclusion

While many have tapped into the power of awell-phrased, two-line string of words, the 15th—16thCentury saint Kabir Daswas amaster at it. Kabir’sDohe (two-liners)retainsitscharmand relevance even today. Sample this. Central banker-turned-storyteller, motivationalspeaker and corporate trainer MohanKrishnan has been studyingKabir’scoupletsfor many years now.“I did study Kabir’sDohe as part of my high school syllabus. But it wasmuch laterthatI discoveredmy passion for Kabir Das, when a speaker at a conference cited one of Kabir’scoupletswhile outlining howcommunication ought to be handled,”says Krishnan, born and educated inKolkata, and settled inChennai. Now, Krishnan can talk at length about each one of Kabir’s 900 couplets and his other poetry aswell. Alongside, Krishnan conductsstory telling sessions on epics, folk tales and fables, and usesthemas toolsfortraining, mentoring, healing and transformation. At a recentsession organised by the Leela Palace andApparao Galleries, Krishnan gave Chennaiites a fascinating account of Kabir’scouplets. Being a good singer, hislyricalrendition of Kabir’sDohe in bhajan style too struck a chordwith the audience.............click for more

Source: The Hindu

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