Contemporary India and Relevance of Bhakt Kabir’s Poetry

The paper intends to study the relevance of Bhakat Kabir’s Poetry in revival of our nation and illumination of its murky vision. India today faces huge challenges on many levels, including social, political, economic and religious. Endangering communalism, caste and class divisions, a chasm between rich and the poor and growing rigidity about nationalism are the issues threatening the nation’s entire fabric. The situation is aggravated further by growing population, its economic expectation, move towards westernisation and vote bank policies of the governments. The youth of the nation is trying to escape reality by living a life of transient pleasures. All this demands an urgent re-orientation of the policies at government level in order to salvage the country from catastrophic destruction and further worsening. Such a scenario needs spiritual strength which could be seen in the philosophical insight of Bhakat Kabir’s poetry which has two key themes: Mysticism and the spirit of social reform.