Anyone can fall down in life. The point is whether they stand up again for their dream or fall behind. 'Krinjal' marks my attempt to stand up and march towards my dream. Writing these poems have given me a soothing feeling that my endless efforts to calm myself could not. I wrote these poems with different thoughts and at different times, sometimes right after I woke up, sometimes on my way to New York, some in the middle of the night when I would wake up after a dream that I long for, and sometimes when I felt the need to. Whenever or wherever it was, those pieces of writings reflect what I had in my heart and bring a smile on my lips with tears in my eyes. My poems are not for everyone but for a few people who understand the meaning of every single word I was able to scribble. For others my book will be just be another piece in the pile but for those many who have been there and understand my words, and me it will mean something different. I, however, request others who do not know me or my story to go through my lines and try to understand the emotions and effort spent in writing the book. I am sure you will see something more than words there. Among many other reasons for me to love the book, one of the special reasons is that 'Krinjal' reminds me of the time when I put everything to prepare for my dream. All those times I spent in preparing for Grad school or for a PhD program which now seems like a long lost dream, Krinjal brings those endless hours back. I know so much more about certain things, those tough words of English language I was able to understand during my preparation time, now, mean something different. My life has taken a different turn now after spending six months for a dream almost in my hands; I decided to take a different way, but a way towards 'Krinjal'. 'Krinjal' in general does not have a meaning but for me, it means an entire world, a universe, if I may, an eternal life, a galaxy where everything revolves around this one word. Krinjal is not going to be a set of poems but a series of emotions where worlds revolve around. This book only marks the start of my journey. Kshitij