War has an important role in Nation building. A nation that has not experienced war becomes weaker. War ensures peace. This is the perspective on war provided by the well-known poet Kanhaiyalal Sethia. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कुँआरी मुट्ठी युद्ध नहीं है नाश मात्र ही युद्ध स्वयं निर्माता है. लड़ा न …

We all have read the popular nursery poem “Mary had a little lamb”. Well, here is a Hindi translation that I have done. It has to be read just as the English version. Garima (my daughter) has done the illustration. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena गरिमा का मेमना गरिमा का था …

A baby dreams of a red color baby elephant. Baby elephant entertains him and even takes him flying in the night sky! Here is the poem for kids. I have written as well as illustrated this poem. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena लाल बेबी हाथी मुन्ने के सपने में आया लाल …

Here is a nice poem by Prasoon Joshi. The poem is a metaphor for a person who repeated face severe adversities and comes out a winner. Prasoon Joshi recently read this poem for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in London. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena सर्प क्यों इतने चकित हो सर्प क्यों …

Nirav Modi took loans worth 11,400 Crore from Punjab National Bank and it is feared that this money may never be recovered. How much is 11,400 Crore rupees? If you take money in bundles of Rs. 2000 notes, this amount of money would weigh 55,000 Kilos and would require a …

Just talking serves no purpose. This is made amply clear in this satirical poem by Gopal Prasad Vyas. Rajiv Krishna Saxena भई भाषण दो  यदि दर्द पेट में होता हो या नन्हा–मुन्ना रोता हो या आंखों की बीमारी हो अथवा चढ़ रही तिजारी हो तो नहीं डाक्टरों पर जाओ वैद्यों …

There are two paths to ultimate Truth. One is the extrovert western path of pursuing physical and biological sciences that comprises intense analytical study of the nature around us. This path creates material comforts as byproducts but also generates internal and external turmoil in society and the environment. The other …

Kumar Vishwas has emerged as a very popular Hindi poet who is also in politics. He often conveys his frustrations through his poems. His tussle with Aam Aadma Party, especially with the chief Arvind Kejariwal is often talked about and recently culminated in refusal to him of Rajya Sabha nomination …

You may have read Shyam Narayan Pandey’s classic epic “Haldighati”. Three excerpts from that great work are available on this site. Many readers had asked me to include a Rajasthani classic poem on the same theme by the great poet Kanhaiyalal Sethia, but I could not find that poem any …

India was essentially ruled by Congress for almost 6 decades after the independence in 1947. People became used to tardy progress, lack luster growth and in general being stuck with a leadership that was not bothered about improving the standard of living of poor Indians with any sense of urgency. …