Adv Anubha Shrivastava Sahai

Here is a bouquet of multifarious flowers, gathered from the garden of life and wrapped in poetic garb, as a meaningful gift to the reader. To be plain, here is a collection of poems composed by the author at different times and in different states of mind, bound together in one common thread running through all of them. One can easily perceive the presence of a strong passion for timeless emotions and established human values like love, hope, faith, empathy and gratitude, to name some. The author firmly believes them to be indispensable for life, both as an individual and society. In a world plagued by the debilitating habits of greed, selfishness, intolerance and egotism, resulting in perpetual conflict and chaos, these simple virtues are no less desirable than a panacea for the prevailing afflictions. In a nutshell, universal love, goodwill and a never-failing optimism are the recurring subjects of her poetry, with occasional references to the other side of the picture where she throws light on the not-so-bright and depressing facets of life—a reality we all are well acquainted with. With the all-time inspiring words of Robert Browning as the title of the book, the author is trying to re-assert that notwithstanding all its peculiarities and challenges, life is an awesome journey with "the best is yet to be" as the resonating mantra along the way.