‘Dad is an emotion,’ says Anurag Talukdar, ‘That you realize only after he is gone.’ Couldn’t be truer. But it is the stark candor, the simplicity and the ache with which he puts it across in the poem ‘An Emotion Called Dad’ is what that pierces through the heart. And this is how Anurag’s poems are; so different in the sense that rather than dwelling on lyrical phrases and complex, polysemic expressions, they come out as refreshing narratives that are as easy to interpret and understand as they are appealing. In fact, each poem has a story to tell, stories of longing and ache, depression and joy, death and love, while ‘Brotherhood’ grazes past mythology and history. Reading through the poems, there is an underlying notion that the poet might as well be baring, though very subtly, a miniscule part of the truths of his own life. If not so, then it is the power of his expression that makes the reader believe thus. Wouldn’t you, when you read…. ‘I wish I could tell them; I didn't do all too bad. Three patents, two MBAs and a loving wife, more than I could have ever bargained.’ (From Teenage Tales). It is warming to see a Management Professional yet having the time, aptitude and leaning towards the more idealistic, emotional and sensitive aspects of life; aspects that often glide the opposite way of his professional ethics and goals. Under the situation, it is only obvious that some of Anurag Talukdar’s work come out neat and flow-charted, without the fancy trimmings of unnecessary description and drama.