Krishna M Gutala

Random Musings and Geetha Maala Krishna M Gutala

As the name Random Musings indicates, the book presents a broad spectrum of diverse topics in both poetry and prose formats. The thirty poems in the first section include themes touching upon faith, devotion, compassion, life, patriotism, as well as philosophy and monistic concepts. There are two long poems, one a ballad relating an Indian mythological episode and a moral from it, and the other a patriotic song on various facets of India in different fields. There are a few poems that can be set to music and sung. The second section entitled Just What I Feel relates the authors views on a variety of topics including, happiness, life, world, God, mind, worry, truth, and miscellaneous. The third section Geetha Maala renders extracts from Bhagavad Geetha, the quintessence of ancient Indian scriptures, offering practical guidelines in daily life. It is concise enough to be adopted for daily prayer.