In youth we remain so busy in making careers, building houses, raising children, living a life etc. There is no spare time. Later in life when children have grown and left and career considerations dwindled, there is suddenly nothing much left to do and that motivation to “achieve” dwindles. A …

Love is the essence. As retreating water leaves the sand dry, so does lost love leave a person drained, and lifeless. Here is a beautiful expression by Nirala – Rajiv Krishna Saxena स्नेह निर्झर बह गया है स्नेह निर्झर बह गया है, रेत सा तन रह गया है। आग की …

निर्वाण षटकम् मनोबुद्धय्हंकार चित्तानि नाहं श्रोत्रजिव्हे न च घ्राणनेत्रे न च व्योमभूमिर्न तेजो न वायुः चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम। 1 मैं  न तो मन हूं‚ न बुद्धि‚ न अहांकार‚ न ही चित्त हूं मैं न तो कान हूं‚ न जीभ‚ न नासिका‚ न ही नेत्र हूं मैं न तो आकाश हूं‚ …

I  had an occasion to visit Barcelona for a scientific conference. Barcelona was the home of 1992 Olympics as well as the home of the popular European football team Barça. In this article, I outline my impressions of the city that has emerged as one of the most popular tourist …

Someone leaves and someone is left behind lonely and crushed. Here is a lovely poem by Dinesh Singh. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मैं फिर अकेला रह गया   बीते दिसंबर तुम गए लेकर बरस के दिन नए पीछे पुराने साल का जर्जर किला था ढह गया मैं फिर अकेला रह गया …

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 …