ECHOES OF EXISTENCE: HUMAN LIFE AND ITS NUANCES IN BIBHU PADHI’S POETRY

Abstract

This paper explores the nuances of human life represented in selected poems by Bibhu Padhi. It employs existential and modernist frameworks to read his poetry not only as lyrical expressions but as philosophical meditations on human existence. This paper examines how Padhi’s poetic oeuvre reveals the “nuances of life” by engaging with recurrent motifs such as nature, memory, dreams, and existential struggle. Drawing on literary theories such as existentialism, phenomenology and modernism, this paper argues that Padhi employs simplicity as a poetic strategy to illuminate complex emotional and philosophical realities. The analysis focus on selected poems from Magic Rituals (2014) and other collections, situating Padhi’s work within Indian and global traditions.