The Hidden Agenda
--By Frank Mackay Anim-Appiah, Nonviolent Peaceforce
A Ghanian Poet, Writer and Journalist
Title: Waves, Waves and Waves
Author: Sivgnanam Jeyasankar
Rating: Good
Publisher: Third Eye Publications
Reviewed by: Frank Mackay Anim-Appiah
Sivgnanam Jeyasankar is profoundly Sri Lankan whose writing profoundly catches the eye of the international reading audience.
Like others of his generation of Sri Lankan poets, Jeyasankar writes out a love of ideas and places. For him, the place is his home country, Sri Lanka.
As he touches on a wide range of subjects, education, history, environment, gender, human rights, violence, disease, humor and death, there is a driving force for his work, which is the very craft of writing.
Using his masters’ language, Jeyasankar paints very interesting pictures of the real situation in his country. His brilliance really comes out when he composes his poems in such a way that touch the inner feelings of his people. Whether it is a conscious effort to call his fellow citizens to action or not, Jeyasankar’s writing puts him squarely in his own class and provides his varied audience food for thought.
You cannot help but read him.
