Inspirational Poems

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 …

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 …

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 …

Here is another poem of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji. It appears to have been written during the period of emergency imposed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi. It conveys a resolve to keep on the struggle. Rajiv Krishna Saxena झुक नहीं सकते टूट सकते हैं मगर हम झुक नहीं सकते सत्य …

Destruction and construction keep happening in sequence. Inherent will in nature to start rebuilding again after a disaster is over, is amazing indeed. Rajiv Krishna Saxena नीड़ का निर्माण फिर फिर वह उठी आँधी कि नभ में छा गया सहसा अँधेरा, धूल धूसर बादलों न भूमि को इस भाँति घेरा, …

Most of our lives are spent in doing routine things. Some times we desperately feel that the routine should break and some thing exiting should happen… Here is a famous poem of Gopal Singh Nepali – Rajiv Krishna Saxena कुछ ऐसा खेल रचो साथी कुछ ऐसा खेल रचो साथी कुछ …

Here is a wonderful poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi. I see in it a plea for preservation of our culture and the frustration of the poet on the sad fact that it has become necessary to make such a plea – Rajiv Krishna Saxena जब मिलेगी रोशनी मुझसे मिलेगी इस …

his is beautifully depicted in a classical poem by Sohanlal Dwivedi. An abridged version of this poem venerating Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi is here for you to relish – Rajiv Krishna Saxena खड़ा हिमालय बता रहा है खड़ा हिमालय बता रहा है डरो न आंधी पानी में। खड़े रहो तुम अविचल …

He who died unsung, unheard, for the Motherland, who was he? Countless people gave their lives for the freedom of the country. We only know about a handful. Others contributed their lives and faded away unsung and forgotten. Here is a touching poem by Hanskumar Tiwari. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मिट्टी …

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, …