To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine? poem submission by Sravasti Ghosh Dastidar
PC Sravasti Ghosh Dastidar
To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine?
They laughed at me when I said,
I forgive you God! So who am I?
When humans err, He forgives
And when He errs? Who forgives?
Who do you think you are? They said.
He has made no mistake, like you.
He is no sinner, like you.
He defines right and wrong, you don’t.
He defines virtue and sin, you don’t.
True, I say.
We are not to question.
We are to accept, however stressful.
We are to survive, however painful.
We have to be forever hopeful.
Or He will be forever wrathful.
Yet, I ask.
How am I a sinner
When I am playing the games He has started?
How am I fallible
When I am playing the tunes He has composed?
If He is the maker and I am the flawed,
Then who will forgive? And who has erred?
(22.04.2012 – Queens Road, Colombo)
Sravasti started her career as an English Teacher and Lecturer. She changed her career path to the world of IT as a functional expert, technical writer, website developer, and project coordinator in varied domains. She specializes in SEO-based content research. She successfully combines her skills in writing and her hobby in photography to write travel and lifestyle articles for magazines and newspapers
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Artika Aurora Bakshi
Artika Aurora Bakshi is the author of five well-acclaimed children’s books,My Little Sikh Handbook, My Little Sikh Handbook 2: Ardas, My Little Sikh Handbook: Travel Journal, My Little Sikh Handbook: The Mighty Sikh Empire, My Little Handbook of Feelings, and an anthology of stories, Hold On To Me. Her first story, set in Amritsar, during the pre-Partition period, All She Had Left, was published on Story Mirror.
Her short stories have been published on Kitaab.
She co-manages thegoodbookcorner.com, a manuscript help and book review site. Her passion for reading has led her to helping other writers with their manuscripts.
She is a Contributing Editor for Nishaan, and the Associate Editor for SLIM Marketer.
She comes from a family of lawyers and has a master’s degree in International Banking & Finance.
A regular at the Galle Literary Festival and The Ceylon Literary and Art Festival, Artika’s articles and book reviews have featured in the Daily Mirror, Daily News, The Ceylon Chronicle, and various blogs, such as, talkingcranes.com, sikhchic.com, sikhnet.com.
An avid reader, Artika runs an online book club with a membership base of over 600 members.
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