In his "The Smiling Rose", B.K.S. Ray reveals the feelings of his inner world as a poet. He refers to Human existence in terms of love, relationship, hope, optimism, despair, a longing for humanity and a blistering attack on terror, violence, commercialism and hypocrisy. A quest for justice and human solidarity amid a suffering world is distinctly visible in his poetry-writing style. For Ray, poetry is a movement for truth and beauty constant struggle against injustice!