Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Dr. Kazuyosi Ikeda:A Humanistic Approach

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Pooja Shukla

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A humanistic approach glimpses the personal worth of an individual and the centrality of human values. It reveals the creative, active nature of human beings. A humanistic approach is highly optimistic and it portrays the noble human capacity to defeat hardships, pains and gloom. Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, 11th president of India and Dr. Kazayosi Ikeda, a Japanese poet are like saints who have flowered their writings with the bud of humanistic approach. Like animals, human beings also show their behaviour as goal oriented yet their abstract thinking and self-reflexive consciousness make them superior to all other creatures in this universe. In his poem ‘The Life Tree’ Kalam has discussed the rational quality of human being. Kalam says that on this beautiful planet human beings can create an aura of heavenly bliss through the help of their rationality. Both Kalam and Ikeda were aware of the pros and cons of the modern scientific inventions The present article discusses the approaches of Kalam and Ikeda which have been expressed in their poetic creations.

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Pooja Shukla. “Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Dr. Kazuyosi Ikeda:A Humanistic Approach”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 3, no. 3, Aug. 2018, pp. 48-53, https://www.thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/977.
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Vijay Kumar Mathur, Essence of Buddhism. Bhartiya Kala Prakashan, Delhi: 2001, P. 24

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Ignited Minds, Ibid, P. 23-24

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The Vendanta Kesari, Ibid, P. 33

Dr Biplab Majumdar (ed.), Prof. Dr. Kazuyosi Ikeda: A Phenomenon in World Poetry. Kolkata International Poetry Society of Kolkata, 2003. P. 42

Prof. Dr. Kazuyosi Ikeda: A Phenomenon in World Poetry. Ibid, P. 49.