Themes on all nava-rasa from, humour, satire, tragedy to comedy are there in this extraordinary collection. Something beyond the present moment halos these poems. Never does one find a dull moment because of the clarity, variety and brevity in these poems. The thread of the Spirit binds all the fragrant flowers into a garland, LookingWithin and Beyond, Reading is believing.

–Dr. Anand Kumar

VVB Rama Rao is philosophic and yet very down to earth and talks straight to man, and disturbs. He aerates genuine contemporary anxiety in extremely difficult times. He is aware of ephemeral life as subtle native changes assault, nothing stays forever, and if a man understands truth, none can go beyond the god’s wish.

–P.C.K.Prem

Dr. V.V. B. Rama Rao (b.1938) is a retired ELT professional.He has published works in several genres both in English and Telugu: Novels, Short Fiction, Biography, Hagiography, Criticism and Review. He has translated extensively from Telugu to English and English to Telugu. His poems, essays, short stories and novel-excerpts have been carried in Kohinoor, Re-Markings, Indian Book Chronicle, Academy of Indo-Asian Literature and also on online journals like languageinindia.com, adbhut.com, viewsunplugged.com, museindia.com, kritya.org, bhaktipages.com, and www.boloji.com.  He can be reached at vadapalli.ramarao@gmail.com