Colourless - Abhinay Renny

 And Abhinay launches his fourth book, a collection of poems titled 'Colourless'. Abhinay has never shied away from expressing himself. He has his own way of flowing with life and a really good way if you ask me because he always flows along with it as can be seen by the ease with which he merges harmoniously with people, events, life.  I have known him for close to a decade now and I am always impressed by how he is not hampered by self-doubt (though one of his poems is about that) unlike most of us. I Abhinay wants to do something he will do it - like if he wants to write a book he will write it down, put in the yards and find ways to put his thoughts out in the world. One such effort is 'Colourless', a collection of poems, much of which were written during the COVID lockdowns when he was stuck in Sirohi, Rajasthan.

He shared the process of writing and his desire to publish. Apart from the COVID chronicles, the book also has many poems which are about love. One can feel the love he has for this person, his desire to be with her, to express himself and his feelings to her, and as it happen so often, we find that our biggest strength as the world sees, can also fail us when we need it most. His ease at communicating and mingling seems to take him thus far but the all important question seems to have been held back.

Though each poem has a strong theme and evokes strong images, I loved the poem 'Colourless' the most which is probably about his own journey and we as readers can identify with that journey too. How as children our instincts are sometimes brushed aside and we never go back to them because the adults seem to think they are a waste of time. His colourless palette has now found some colour thanks to his days of ruminations in Sirohi, to the colour that his muse has added to his life.

"I'm the cloth. I'm the colour.
I'm the sentence. I'm the Silk.

You're the sky. You're the light.
You're the reader. You're the muse, my dear.'

- The Muse

Full marks for putting your heart out Abhinay and for doing what Rajamouli does so well - believe in your ideas and thoughts and get them out there for people to read. So glad you followed up and completed this project. Now please promote it so many can read it. Well done, congratulations and wishing you many more books to come in the future.

Now Abhinay, for a poetry reading the next time you visit home!