Be the Change

By Amit Besra

The book is a compilation of the authors emotions. It is his way of looking into the world and trying to make it a better place. Each and every poem has been penned down from his heart. Be ready to be touched, and be ready to change.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Jun 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781482801040

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Copyright © 2013 by AMIT BESRA.

ISBN:         Softcover           978-1-4828-0105-7

                   Ebook               978-1-4828-0104-0

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CONTENTS

Dedicated To

Foreword

My Inspiration

A Road Less Travelled

Agree To Disagree

At Last: I Won

Attitude

Be The Change

Black Or White

Brother’s For Life

Celebrating Celibacy

Common Java

Dude Turns Dad

Free Flow

Home Sweet Home

I Am ‘Me’

I Believe

I Love You

I Miss You

I Want You

It Began Again

It’s Time

Life Is A Journey

Love Failure

Love Of My Life

Love Thy Neighbour

Marriage Miracle

Missing Fun

Missing Species

More Or Less

Mum’s The Word

O Friend! O Friend!

Outcast

Pessimistic Optimist

Shades Of Red

The Carcass

The Man Who Sold His Soul

The World Has Had Enough

There Is Still Hope

This Life Is The ‘Last’ For Me

We Men Need To Respect Women

What If?

With A Face Like That

With Love, From…

You Were Beautiful

It Spell’s Peace Not Piece

To Give Up, Is To Accept Defeat

Sachyug

Heartbreak

In Every Life, Be My Wife

The First Kiss

Social Stigma

Will Be Back

About The Book

About The Author

About The Photographer

DEDICATED TO

Pa, Ma, Da, Nani and my Sweet Wife.

FOREWORD

I have known the author since his childhood. He is a very sensitive, compassionate and visionary person. He is a keen observer of human nature and the state of affairs of his motherland India and beyond in the world at large. He is very mindful of human emotions, their goodness and frailties, gender inequality, racial intolerance, lack of equal opportunities and poverty in the present day world of globalisation. His present book ‘Be The Change’ is the collection of his poems reflecting his thinking and the inner pain and emotions he has