Life is amazing. There are innumerable ways of living a life but we can follow only one. All other paths remain un-lived. Some times we may look wistfully at other paths and wonders how would it have been if we had followed those. Veerbala Ji says “I lived one truth …
Read More »मन ऐसा अकुलाया – वीरबाला
Have you ever felt a degree of that background restlessness in daily living? While doing every thing, moving from one chore to other, there is this nagging thought that there is some thing that is missing from the life. It looks as if we are traveling through the life to …
Read More »मैं हूँ अपराधी किस प्रकार?– ठाकुर गोपाल शरण सिंह
How can loving someone be a crime? Asks Thakur Gopalsharan Singh in this fine poem –Rajiv Krishna Saxena मैं हूँ अपराधी किस प्रकार? सुन कर प्राणों के प्रेम–गीत, निज कंपित अधरों से सभीत। मैंने पूछा था एक बार, है कितना मुझसे तुम्हें प्यार? मैं हूँ अपराधी किस प्रकार? हो गये …
Read More »क्या इनका कोई अर्थ नही – धर्मवीर भारती
All those evenings full of pain and memories, was there any larger meaning to them? Or they had no value at all? See what Bharati Ji says in this lovely poem – Rajiv Krishna Saxena क्या इनका कोई अर्थ नही ये शामें, ये सब की सब शामें… जिनमें मैंने घबरा …
Read More »कुछ तो स्टैंडर्ड बनाओ – काका हाथरसी
Here is an excerpt from a very funny and at a time very popular poem of Kaka Hathrasi. See Kakas advice on how to raise the standard of your life!- Rajiv Krishna Saxena कुछ तो स्टैंडर्ड बनाओ प्रकृति बदलती क्षण-क्षण देखो, बदल रहे अणु, कण-कण देखो। तुम निष्क्रिय से पड़े …
Read More »इस घर का यह सूना आंगन – विजय देव नारायण साही
Old homes have a personality. Like a close friend who saw us through thick and thin, sorrows and joys. It is as if all those old memories just get ingrained in its old walls. Here is a truly lovely poem by Vijaydevnarayan Sahi, telling just that. Compare it with Dr. …
Read More »हल्दीघाटी: झाला का बलिदान – श्याम नारायण पाण्डेय
It is said that the Mughals were humbled in victory that day at Haldighati and Rana obtained a glorious defeat. Mansingh narrowly escaped the spear of Rana. Mughals by far out numbers Rana’s men. Tired and wounded Rana was headed for a certain death. At that juncture, a valiant warrior …
Read More »है मन का तीर्थ बहुत गहरा – वीरबाला
Deep beneath all that smiling, singing and laughing, that the world sees, lies the true essence of our feelings. One who makes sincere attempts to reach there becomes some one special. A lovely poem by Dr. Veerbala – Rajiv Krishna Saxena है मन का तीर्थ बहुत गहरा है मन का …
Read More »गर्मी और आम – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना
A funny little poem for tiny tots. Illustration is by Garima – Rajiv Krishna Saxena गर्मी और आम गर्मी आई लाने आम घर से निकले बुद्धूराम नहीं लिया हाथों में छाता गर्म हो गया उनका माथा दौड़े दौड़े घर को आए पानी डाला खूब नहाए फिर वो बोले हे भगवान …
Read More »एक पूरा दिन – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना
Most days are so routine. Nothing really happens. But then one evening, by some magic, the heart melts and tears flow. This interlude makes that day prefect. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena एक पूरा दिन आज नहीं धन आशातीत कहीं से पाया‚ ना हीं बिछड़े साजन ने आ गले लगाया। शत्रु …
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