#Review: Unfinished Conversations by Dr Sanjeev Chaudhary

Unfinished Conversations
Poet: Dr Sanjeev Chaudhary
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Rating: ⅗

Unfinished Conversations feels less like a poetry collection and more like sitting across from someone who finally says the thing you’ve been avoiding. Dr. Sanjeev Chaudhary brings a rare blend of emotional honesty and clinical clarity—perhaps the inevitable signature of a cardiologist-poet who has watched life and death up close.

What struck me immediately was the gentleness of the voice. These ghazals don’t shout; they linger. Poems like “Facing the Mirror” capture that quiet ache of self-confrontation—“Since I’ve become indifferent, I fear… what if I end up like the world?” It’s simple, but disarming in the way truth often is. In “A City of Despair,” he mirrors collective wounds with lines like “Some homes have been darkened forever… humanity is now lost,” and suddenly the personal and political blur into one grief.

There are moments where the emotional weight turns intense, especially in poems that wrestle with guilt, longing, or spiritual fatigue. But even then, the writing holds you with empathy rather than heaviness.

What I enjoyed most is the conversational warmth woven through the introspection. At times, it feels—as the blurb promises—like the book becomes “a wise, kind, empathetic guide” whispering back the questions we’re too afraid to ask aloud.

A tender, meditative, and quietly resonant read.

Find this book here.