Arunoday Singh's Instagram posts reveals his love for Sufism, poetry

Arunoday Singh busy at his soul scribbles PicSameeracircAcircu00c2u0080Acircu00c2u0088MarkandeWhen you think Arunoday Singh the first thing that conjures in this writers mind is tall handsome and excessively charming You could blame cinema for this inadequate comprehension of the actor or may be our permanent hangover of his role as the classy and suave Dhruv Singh from Aisha 2010 Either way we cant deny that theres only this much that celluloid shows us So when we stumbled upon the actors poetry on his Instagram feed where he goes by the handle sufisoul there is a brief moment of disbeliefSometimes you take my breath away he writes in one post in bold decorative script hellipSometimes you even forget I need it back Hooked we slide further where amid the pile of verse and poetry we find the actors motivation I so often say the wrong things I became a poet to say the right ones in the right way at least some of the time he writesIt wouldnt be wrong to say that a major chunk of Singhs followers on Instagram which stands at nearly 43000 are here not to voyeuristically follow his pursuit to stardom or his selfiemoments but to read his poetry With posts flooded with hashtags poetsofinstagram and sufisoulpoetry Singh also appears to be rather partial to the art only intermittently posting photographs of his Canadian wife Lee Elton his travels and two dogs I have been writing since puberty Singh says during a telephonic interview It actually stemmed from my fascination for rock n roll music as a teen I had just begun noticing girls and was also listening to songs about girls so it just seemed like the cool thing to do the actor recalls But the people I admired the most were always the people who wrote well So though it started of as a whim for reasons I just kept at it Eventually writing became a necessityThe more he saw of the world the better his writing got he says Experience just kept feeding fireIt however came with a lot of practise I started out writing the most dreadful poetry ever written down on paper Those books have been burnt the ashes buried and a large golem erected to protect the site he jokesA page from Singhrsquos notebook of his verses PicSameer MarkandeA few years ago the actor decided to reach out to other poetry enthusiasts with his work I began on Instagram with 10 followers posting my handwritten verses I soon figured that it was a great space to share poetry When somebody reads and likes what you write it means for that second this person felt what I felt and in that moment we were both together he saysToday writing has become a habit mdash one thats almost addictive I write all day But because of work home chores and now marriage the deep quiet of the night has become my favourite time to write Its become a meditation Its a way for me to order my thoughts simplify complex feelings and understand myself better Its my prayer and religion It makes me feel I am not alone he saysSingh who is deeply inspired by the works of Leonard Cohen Jalaluddin Rumi and Kabir likes to call himself a sufi mdash this also explains the name of his Instagram handle I find the essence of Sufism which is the love for humanity very alluring and correct No other religion speaks to me like Sufism does Every other religion reminds you that you are imperfect and that you have to strive to do better But Sufism makes you feel that imperfect was what you were supposed to be and that you are doing just fineWhile acting keeps him busy Singh also harbours a small dream I would love to publish my poetryhellip only for the feeling that I did it and that there is a book in the vast library of the world and it was written by me