I recently saw the movie “Zindagi na milegi dobaara”. A nice movie indeed. A poem of Jawed Akhter was effectively used in this film. I would like to share it with the readers. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यूं ही होता है जब जब दर्द का बादल छाया जब ग़म का साया …

Two lovers who cannot disclose their love to the world, have to be very careful indeed. Here is a poem of Devraj Dinesh saying just that. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यह बात किसी से मत कहना तेरे पिंजरे का तोता तू मेरे पिंजरे की मैना यह बात किसी से मत कहना। …

In today’s world, only falsehood survives and prospers. Genuineness has no scope. We all feel this at times as we see the non-deserving sycophants get ahead in life whereas the truthful hard-worker languishes. Here is a lovely poem depicting this scene. Rajiv Krishna Saxena सूर्य की अब किसी को जरूरत …

Here is an amazing poem that says what many of us have often felt. Some times meeting very successful men, very wealthy men makes us feel low and depressed. Meeting simple men with no airs puts us on ease and we truly enjoy that. Keen observant poet in Bhavani Prasad …

“Upset you may be, please come to me even if for hurting me again” says the first line of this famous gazal.  This lovely gazal has been sung equally beautifully by Mehdi Hassan, Rajiv Krishna Saxena  रंजिश ही सही रंजिश ही सही, दिल ही दुखाने के लिये आ आ फिर …

A flower blooms and dies after sacrificing all its essence and nectar to the world. A flower bud wonders why. The wise flower tells the true meaning of life to the flower bud… Here is an excerpt from a lovely poem of Uday Pratap Singh. Rajiv Krishna Saxena फूल और …

Curosity of little children knows no bound. Here is a well known poem of Balkrishna Rao. The child here is curious about the time sequence and where would it all end. Rajiv Krishna Saxena फिर क्या होगा फिर क्या होगा उसके बाद? उत्सुक हो कर शिशु ने पूछा माँ, क्या …

Here is an excerpt from the famous poem Panchvati by Maithilisharan Gupt. The description is of the cottage in Panchvati forest that was the abode of Ram, Laxman and Sita during the terminal year of their 14 years banvas. As Ram and Sita sleep inside, Laxman is on guard outside. …

Here is a poem written by the famous poetess Subhadra Kumari Chauhan at the time of freedom struggle of India. It depicts the desire of a child to learn the use of sword to ward off policemen who come to arrest the freedom fighter ‘Kaka’. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पानी और …

Here is an excerpt from a famous poem of Dr. Dharmvir Bharti written at the time of Jai Prakash Narain’s movement of 1974. This sounds so apt in today’s scenario when Anna Hazare is leading a mass anti-corruption movement that seems to have mesmerized the people of India. Rajiv Krishna …