Santosh Kalwar vs. Charles Bukowski
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Santosh Kalwar
1970 – present
Santosh Kalwar is an Indian writer, journalist and social activist whose work focuses on farmers’ rights, civil liberties and social justice reform in India.
"I was smiling yesterday,I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow.Simply because life is too short to cry for anything."

Charles Bukowski
1920 – 1994
Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted home city of Los Angeles. Bukowski's work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work.
"I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of."