I Am Your Baby, Mother

Antony Theodore’s most famous poem is I Am Your Baby, Mum . It has been translated into more than 20 languages. Outwardly the poem advocates against abortion of foetuses. This is as per Antony’s professed Catholic Christian faith. However it also has deeper spiritual meaning. Love for God grows like a fertilised seed in the sanctuary of devotion in the heart of the seeker. Abandonment of spiritual quest before full God realisation is just like abortion of one’s own baby. Abortion is akin to abandonment of God.

This book contains poems on the loving relationship between a mother and her baby. These can also be interpreted as the eternal relationship between God and Man. Just like a mother forgives her child’s mistakes, merciful God also forgives all sins of His children. When a baby calls her mother, she leaves al her urgent tasks to attend to the baby’s needs. Similarly Gods also responds to the sincere seeker’s earnest soul call.

The poems in this book provide a penetrative new interpretation of the universal truths contained in the scriptures of all world religions. The One Truth expressed differently through Veda, Bible, Gita, Quran and other sacred texts have come alive tellingly in these little nuggets. The book has been edited by the Indian poet Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan, who has also written its foreword and introduction, besides translating several poems. The books makes a startling revelation that Antony Theodore is a reincarnation of the mystic poet scholar Hemangi Sharma from Kashmir, who was also widely known as Tony Brahmin. Dr Tapan has hinted at his past life relationship with Hemangi Sharma / Antony Theodore.