Social Reformer Quotes

“The Naskar Anthem
(Sonnet 2554-2555)

Heir to no throne,
no crown on my head,
tearing up borderly lies,
I burn as the lamp of aid.

I hold no flag,
yet I raise nations,
I stand as rebel guard,
humanizing inoculation.

Rocking the world with sacred wonder,
priming the souls with curing thunder,
every sonnet is call against slumber,
every line, a revolt against plunder.

From the alleys of grief
to the towers of pride,
I am wounded, I walk with
the wounded by my side.

Not born to erase faith,
but to rewrite it tolerant;
suffering is the doorway,
to the becoming of a saint.

A pair of helping hands is holier
than a million praying lips;
I got no need for scripture,
for I carry a heart that beats.

I have no law, but life -
I have no edict, but empathy.
I have no creed, but conscience -
I am the vow of mad inclusivity.

Roads ignited with the voice of oneness,
cannot be extinguished by clouds of hate.
When the final regime has fallen to pieces,
the drop of dew will still be incandescent.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“When the Human speaks, mountains wake,
tired hearts of earth unbreak -
turn the world from ash to flame,
help the broken speak their name.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“The Earthistana Anthem
(Sonnet 2570-2574)

I was born without lineage,
without a holy claim -
no prophet in my pocket,
no empire to my name.

But I rose from the ruins
of the borders they drew,
and I learned from the ashes
what a human can do.

The world was carved with lies,
with flags of hate and fear -
but the pulse of integration
kept pulling me near.

So I wrote my own scripture
with the ink of equality -
no one is a stranger,
one people are we.

Raise your heart like a banner,
tear the hatred apart -
every life is revolution,
every breath is an art.

Pilgrims of the heart,
children of no throne -
the world is our home,
the duty is my own.

No God above the human,
no border in the mind -
tolerance is our anthem,
we are the humankind.

I've seen temples feed on fear,
graves labeled as pride -
I've seen nations crowned
with glory, yet cruelty inside.

But I've also seen a stranger
share their only bread,
and in that tiny gesture,
every scripture was said.

We are the dawn that we seek,
let the dread of dark retire -
we are the rebels of empathy,
our ammunition nerve fiber.

Let the world's wounded pages
be rewritten by you -
with the ink of courage,
with the rainbow of truth.

Let us lift the fallen,
heal the fractures of fate -
every act of kindness,
makes tyranny evaporate.

From monastery bells
to the muezzin's call,
from the wailing walls
to the city hall,

when our voices combine,
the soil becomes sacred -
the only holy nation
is the one without hatred.

Pilgrim of the heart,
oneness in our vein -
love is the revolution,
Human is the name.

Shortcircuit the convention,
surpass all claim to fame -
let us enhance, not reduce each other,
so the world becomes humane.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Pilgrim of the heart,
oneness in our vein -
love is the revolution,
Human is the name.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“When one Naskar dies,
a thousand Naskars will rise.
Naskar is a madness,
signpost of love against lies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Heroes are merely idiots who didn't graduate into cruelty.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“In a paradigm of hate,
be the paradox of love -
glue to the galaxy,
epoxy of the epoch.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Keepers of Earth (Sonnet 2656)

Every country has its local beacon of humanity,
you don't need to look to another country
to know what the best of humanity looks like -

if you are American, think like MLK -
if you are South African, think like Madiba -
if you are Russian, think like Tolstoy -
if you are Indian, think like Narendranath Dutta -

if you are Serbian, think like Nikola -
if you are Azerbaijani, think like Nasimi -
if you are Turkish, think like Mustafa Kemal -
if you are English, think like Jane Goodall.

But if you fail to call any country your own,
if the whole charade of nationality
and tribal identity feels meaningless to you,
then you may come and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Every country has its local beacon of humanity -
if you are American, think like MLK -
if you are South African, think like Madiba -
if you are Indian, think like Narendranath Dutta -
if you are Azerbaijani, think like Nasimi -
if you are Turkish, think like Mustafa Kemal.

But If the whole charade of nationality feels meaningless to you, then you may come
and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Naskar is a madness, signpost of love against lies.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Naskar it! (Sonnet 2855-2857)

At birth they tag you with a flag,
a script to follow, a tribe to brag -
tell you to fit in, don't ask too much,
keep your fire, but never touch.

Unfurl your fiber, and refuse the script,
don't make pilgrimage out of jungle myths.
Break the narrative, you break the spell -
end of nationalism is end of the animal.

If the world's on autopilot, interrupt it!
If the truth feels dangerous, then conduct it!
If compassion seems radical, then ignite it!
When justice calls your name, answer it!

Don't just think it, Naskar it!
Don't believe it, Naskar it!
Question everything they permit,
if it's not human, don't submit!

Abolish the silence, and Naskar it!
Stand your ground, and Naskar it!
Love your neighbor before your leader -
don't just talk it, Naskar it!

No book on earth can claim your mind,
no single truth defines humankind -
no crown, no creed, no sacred shrine
outweighs a heart that dares to shine.

Take your doubts and carve the key,
unlock the cage of them and we.
You're more than cattle and veggie,
you are Your own Holiness and Majesty!

Don't assume it, Naskar it!
Don't preach it, Naskar it!
Every truth they counterfeit,
confront it, expose it, Naskar it!

Shoulder the world, and Naskar it!
Walk the oneness, and Naskar it!
Human first, that's all there is -
no exception, go Naskar it!

Every wall they built on prejudice,
tear it down, and dance on it!
It's not a noun, it's a verb -
it's what you do, now Naskar it!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I don't behave, I just stand, and how I stand sets the standard.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Every Day is Naskar Day (Sonnet 2861)

I don't do this day and that day,
I don't need to, you do, you live your life
the year round indifferent to atrocity,
then on specific dates you pretend you care,

whereas my entire life is black history month,
islamic science month, indigenous philosophy month,
asian theology month, valentine's day, Mother's Day,
Woman's Day, Earth Day, Palestine Month, all at once.

I rarely write date specific texts,
because every day is Naskar Day,
and every Naskar Day is everybody's day.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Everybody wants to put their country on the map, my mission is to put humanity on the map.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“We must let love simmer, without being consumed by contempt, otherwise atrocity will never end, only switch sides.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“If you could finish even half of what I've written, you'd either hate me enough to kill, or you'd be so massive a human that everywhere you look you'd find your own reflection, wearing different skin and different clothes.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I don't write to earn your approval or trust, I write to shortcircuit your jungle customs.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“More I try to straighten my life, more I'm overcome with the paradox I am. Once the sea attains its vastness, it is impossible to contain it in a bottle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“It all started with a promise -
Liberty is my religion, Humans are my God;
what took to paper as a penniless dream,
ignited the planet with culture of integration.

Journey of civilization begins with
one person rejecting an outdated tradition,
if there is not a single Naskar in sight,
be the Naskar of your generation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Circuits to Break (Sonnet 2940)

Asked a beggar, what is happiness?
"Piece of bread," he said.
Asked a king, what is happiness?
"More territory," he said.

Asked a fanatic, what is happiness?
"More converts," he said.
Asked a scientist, what is happiness?
"More prestige," they said.

Asked a politician, what is happiness?
"Another term," they said.
Asked a farmer, what is happiness?
"Abundant rain," they said.

Asked a soldier, what is happiness?
"To see my kid grow up," they said.
So I went and asked in the mirror,
what is happiness?

The mirror cracked with a roar:
you're not a philosopher you idiot,
don't waste life inflating your ego
with elitist armchair analysis
like some overfed aristocratic twit,
you have a planet to unify -
peoples to unite, circuits to break.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Don't waste life inflating your ego with elitist armchair analysis like some overfed aristocratic twit, you have circuits to break.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Journey of civilization begins with
one person rejecting an outdated tradition,
if there is not a single Naskar in sight,
be the Naskar of your generation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“One sacrifice inspires a million,
one heart sets a paradigm -
one spark is all it takes,
to restart space and time.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Some have problem with my inclusivity,
some have problem with my vastness,
some have problem with my velocity,
some have problem with my polyglottery,
and some just have problem with my skin –
and finding no filth, they just cook it up.

more power to you I say,
because more filth you cook,
more untouchable I become –
more accusations you invent,
more impossible I become.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Naskaradeniz, Sonnet 2412
(The Planet Dervish)

Where your hope ends,
there my stubbornness begins.
Where gods stay cripple,
there my duty begins.

Where law fails order,
there my justice begins.
Where state fails society,
there my civilizing begins.

Where schools fail truth,
there my curiosity begins.
Where science fails empathy,
there my intervention convenes.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Ilim al-Insan (Sonnet 3101-3102)

Truth is the letter,
I am only the postman.

One postman snuffeth,
another cometh -
no message is magnum opus,
no messenger final prophet.

Either burn me, or burn with me,
I want neither sheep nor mice.
Body born of mud dissolves in mud,
one person's sacrifice jolts a planet back to life.

Obedience doesn't civilize
a planet, sacrifice does -

Naskar's work is almost done,
I wonder who's gonna come next -
who's gonna be the Second Naskar,
and the Third, and the Fourth -

I'm not interested in who'll carry my bloodline,
I'm interested in who'll carry my madness,
my madness for tolerance,
my madness for oneness -

always flawed, but never rigid,
always making mistakes,
but also correcting themselves,
never without blind spots,
but no blind spot worshipped as truth -

tolerant of harmless make believe,
but never of harmful blind belief,
activist of humane reason, not elitist logic.

I wonder, who's gonna be the next postman!
I wonder, who's gonna be the next Naskar!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Truth is the letter, I am only the postman. One postman snuffeth, another cometh - no message is magnum opus, no messenger final prophet.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“I'm not interested in who'll carry my bloodline, I'm interested in who'll carry my madness, my madness for tolerance, my madness for oneness - always flawed, but never rigid, always making mistakes, but also correcting themselves, never without blind spots, but no blind spot worshipped as truth - tolerant of harmless make believe, but never of harmful blind belief, activist of humane reason, not elitist logic.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Obedience doesn't civilize a planet, sacrifice does - Naskar's work is almost done, I wonder who's gonna come next - who's gonna be the Second Naskar, and the Third, and the Fourth - I'm not interested in who'll carry my bloodline, I'm interested in who'll carry my madness, my madness for tolerance, my madness for oneness - I wonder, who's gonna be the next Naskar!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

“Earthlog 3100: I am only the postman
(Metaphor is the message)

I was roaming the stars minding my own business,
with a cheeseburger in one hand and tea cup in another,
suddenly the pompous little cosmos whispered
in its grandiose calm - it's time, you gotta go
to the blue planet its inhabitants call earth -

the others went and returned already,
now it's your turn, letter is in your hands,
you're the postman now.

May I finish my burger first, I sighed!

You'll have plenty where you're going,
earthlings love their food, in fact,
some of them actually consume each other,
in the name of progress, they call it civilizing,
that's why you gotta go -

but be very cautious, of every word you speak,
of how you behave, how you live amongst them,
because every postman unintentionally ends up
erecting a brand new institution.

That's why I've come, not to start a new religion,
I have come to carry the rivers to the sea.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Naskar Goes to Earth: Field Notes from A Planet of Apes