Satpura is in Madhya Pradesh and is covered with thick forest. In this famous poem Bhawani Prasad Mishra Ji draws a shabd-chitra of that forest. Look at the rhythm of narration. Lovely is poets description of the Gonda tribe that lives deep inside this jungle and keep hens and partridges. …

Challenges are taken by the youth. In old age one becomes mature and wiser not only to avoid pointless challenges but to come to realize that accepting challenges is in a way pointless. This poem is one of the trilogy of poems on this theme of remaining unaffected and unmoved …

A poem is but few words. Its meaning actually explodes in its entire splendor inside our own hearts. This poem of Bachchan brings back to us collective memories of the peaceful stillness of the time as the sun sets and the world prepares to retire for the night – Rajiv …

[learn_more caption=”Introduction: See more”]As we “progress” in life, complexities of living and thinking increase. Then one day suddenly we come face to face with the simple life and scenery from the past. It then appears as if all that no longer belongs to us. As if the past in now …

Mahadevi Ji was a pillar of Hindi poetry in the Chhayavad era. Her poems are characterized by a strict adherence to meter and purity of language. Though at times difficult to understand, they nonetheless have a mesmerizing quality. Resolve to keep marching in spite of untold difficulties on the path, …

Another nursery rhyme. I learnt first four lines from my children when they were in Kindergarten (KG) and made up the rest. Artwork is also mine. Please also read another similar poems for children Kachhua Jal Ka Raja Hai, and Maindhak Jal Ka Rajkumar.  Rajiv Krishna Saxena मछली जल की …

As we “progress” in life, complexities of living and thinking increase. Then one day suddenly we come face to face with the simple life and scenery from the past. It then appears as if all that no longer belongs to us. As if the past in now beyond our reach. …

Here is a poem written in Hariyanvi dialect of Hindi, just for laughter, by the well known hasya-kavi Jamini Hariyanvi. The poem plays on the similar sounding words “stree” and “istri” that mean a woman and a clothe pressing iron respectively– Rajiv Krishna Saxena स्त्री बनाम इस्तरी एक दिन एक …

Our cities have become too westernized. Thousands of years old Indian culture however still survives in its lovely villages. Unfortunately, this wont last for ever. It wont be long before urbanization overtakes the last vestiges of our ancient ways and we get homogenized in the powerful juggernaut of western influences …

In most human endeavors, there are ups and downs. But in the field of politics, downswings can be brutal and up-swings full of elation and optimism. Two poems of Atal Ji reflect beautifully on this roller coaster. First one appears to have been written in a phase of disillusionment and …