Patriotic poetry is not easy to writ The poet is easily betrayed by the warmth ar ardour of his own emotions either into a stup parochialism or into a spurious progressivism Both pitfalls are fatal to authentic poetry. is to the credit of Ch. Pran Nath Datta that 1 steers clear of both. His Epic takes the enti panorama of Indian History into its comp hensive sweep. Hero as king and as courti Hero as poet and as politician, Hero as sold and as statesman, Hero as saint and as arti all are presented with a gusto that lends ad tional relish to its noble theme and its elev ed style.
I congratulate Ch. Pran Nath Datta his achievement and I hope that before 1 his inspiring poem will be available to ev body who has succeeded (or has not succeeded) in evolving national consciousi and national dignity.
October 27, 1954.
Jaswant Rai, Principal Gandhi Memorial National College Ambala Cantt,
