As one of my high school teachers said before "Poetry is a mirror to our soul".
When I was in high school one of my hobbies was writing poems and collecting good ones. I even have a notebook then where I've written my collections. I got more than a hundred then but sadly that notebook was gone (might have been thrown by my Mama) but that's ok, it's still part of my memories.
Then in one of the blog groups I've been following, Ms.Jenny was looking for poem reviewers and everything came back to me. And I know I would want to do this because books are part of my life since I was a kid. I've volunteered and now I will be reviewing a poem excerpt Corporate Noose from the book 'Borderless' By Indrajeet Dasgupta.
Here's a piece of Indrajeet Dasgupta poem excerpt.
Corporate Noose
You might not say it, but the men have a short hair template, hence the uniformity. Ditto for the ladies – there is an unseen diktat for the length, color, and unexplained, silken straightness. Their dress choices too are borne out of some unseen, unwritten commandment, hence uniform.
When they stand in a queue for the elevators, while waiting for their orders at the cafe, while smoking, while waiting for their turn at the comfort rooms, or doing nothing, they are looking at screens of all sizes, sucked into a wonder-world of text and pictures.
And each one of them has it around their necks – a beaded steel string, a polyester ribbon, or a braided paracord with a card in a cardholder. While they are aware of their shirts and suits, and boots and belts, they forget this important noose around their necks, their visa to a vast cosmos of hierarchies, clients, appraisals, and processed, dry creative juices.
The noose is lifelong. Welcome to the corporate.
REVIEW.
This poem talks about people in the Corporate world. It says men and women in the corporate world are tied up to a common thing from their appearance and identities. And they move and look like one another, as they followed a culture of good looking and decent professionals. They are tied up to doing and being the same thing over and over again. They look good every day but the sad thing is they are still tied up to one goal and that is to please and obey the company they are serving. To achieve one goal and that is to make their company successful. So whatever lifestyle a member of the Corporate World has, at the end it would still depend on how they deliver and how they do well for the business.
Aside from blogging, I'm also an employee from a well-known company and one thing I would know is how it is to work in a Corporate World. I'm glad that I have all the benefits my family and I need and so I've had extra time writing.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
BORDERLESS is written by Author Indrajeet Dasgupta, Hotelier, Corporate Leader, Trainer, Certified Consultant, Humanitarian and a Design Thinker, Indrajeet Dasgupta was born in Kolkata, India. He completed his schooling from the legendary Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission and further pursued English Literature in college. He had an exciting career in hotels followed by entrepreneurship before foraying into the corporate world. Indrajeet works and writes from Manila, The Philippines.
Know more about the Author and the Book here:
Facebook page: Borderless - The Book
Instagram: borderlessph_the book
Website: Indrajeet Dasgupta
Amazon: Borderless Paperback
Twitter: @borderlessph
Let's all enjoy Reading!
When I was in high school one of my hobbies was writing poems and collecting good ones. I even have a notebook then where I've written my collections. I got more than a hundred then but sadly that notebook was gone (might have been thrown by my Mama) but that's ok, it's still part of my memories.
Then in one of the blog groups I've been following, Ms.Jenny was looking for poem reviewers and everything came back to me. And I know I would want to do this because books are part of my life since I was a kid. I've volunteered and now I will be reviewing a poem excerpt Corporate Noose from the book 'Borderless' By Indrajeet Dasgupta.
Here's a piece of Indrajeet Dasgupta poem excerpt.
Corporate Noose
You might not say it, but the men have a short hair template, hence the uniformity. Ditto for the ladies – there is an unseen diktat for the length, color, and unexplained, silken straightness. Their dress choices too are borne out of some unseen, unwritten commandment, hence uniform.
When they stand in a queue for the elevators, while waiting for their orders at the cafe, while smoking, while waiting for their turn at the comfort rooms, or doing nothing, they are looking at screens of all sizes, sucked into a wonder-world of text and pictures.
And each one of them has it around their necks – a beaded steel string, a polyester ribbon, or a braided paracord with a card in a cardholder. While they are aware of their shirts and suits, and boots and belts, they forget this important noose around their necks, their visa to a vast cosmos of hierarchies, clients, appraisals, and processed, dry creative juices.
The noose is lifelong. Welcome to the corporate.
REVIEW.
This poem talks about people in the Corporate world. It says men and women in the corporate world are tied up to a common thing from their appearance and identities. And they move and look like one another, as they followed a culture of good looking and decent professionals. They are tied up to doing and being the same thing over and over again. They look good every day but the sad thing is they are still tied up to one goal and that is to please and obey the company they are serving. To achieve one goal and that is to make their company successful. So whatever lifestyle a member of the Corporate World has, at the end it would still depend on how they deliver and how they do well for the business.
Aside from blogging, I'm also an employee from a well-known company and one thing I would know is how it is to work in a Corporate World. I'm glad that I have all the benefits my family and I need and so I've had extra time writing.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
BORDERLESS is written by Author Indrajeet Dasgupta, Hotelier, Corporate Leader, Trainer, Certified Consultant, Humanitarian and a Design Thinker, Indrajeet Dasgupta was born in Kolkata, India. He completed his schooling from the legendary Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission and further pursued English Literature in college. He had an exciting career in hotels followed by entrepreneurship before foraying into the corporate world. Indrajeet works and writes from Manila, The Philippines.
Know more about the Author and the Book here:
Facebook page: Borderless - The Book
Instagram: borderlessph_the book
Website: Indrajeet Dasgupta
Amazon: Borderless Paperback
Twitter: @borderlessph
Let's all enjoy Reading!
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