Here is a window to your own childhood, opened by Ram Vilas Sharma Ji. As if you turn back and look back in time. Last stanza beautifully put it in words. Rajiv Krishna Saxena दिवा स्वप्न वर्षा से धुल कर निखर उठा नीला नीला फिर हरे हरे खेतों पर छाया …
Read More »धुंधली नदी में – धर्मवीर भारती
Some times we look at the world just as an observer. We see all the colors, beauty and joy, but just as an outside observer and not as a participant. There is an acute sense of loneliness, as if nothing belongs to us. Here is how Dharamvir Bharati Ji conveys …
Read More »दरवाजे बंद मिले – नरेंद्र चंचल
Nothing works at times and the feeling of frustration is overbearing. Here is a nice poem by Narendra Chanchal- Rajiv Krishna Saxena दरवाज़े बंद मिले बार–बार चिल्लाया सूरज का नाम जाली में बांध गई केसरिया शाम दर्द फूटना चाहा अनचाहे छंद मिले दरवाज़े बंद मिले। गंगाजल पीने से हो गया …
Read More »चल मियाँ – जेमिनी हरियाणवी
Here is another funny poem by Jamini Hariyanavi Ji. Rajiv Krishna Saxena चल मियाँ आज कल पड़ती नहीं है कल मियाँ छोड़ कर दुनियां कहीं अब चल मियाँ रात बिजली ने परेशां कर दिया सुबह धोखा दे गया है नल मियाँ लग रही है आग देखे जाइये पास तेरे जल …
Read More »एक चाय की चुस्की – उमाकांत मालवीय
People keep a mask on (sipping tea and laughing) but inside there is so much suffering that remains hidden from others. Rajiv Krishna Saxena एक चाय की चुस्की एक चाय की चुस्की, एक कहकहा अपना तो इतना सामान ही रहा चुभन और दंशन पैने यथार्थ के पग–पग पर घेरे रहे …
Read More »सोच सुखी मेरी छाती है – हरिवंश राय बच्चन
He loved her and she loved him but they were not destined to be together. Even as he lost her, he is contented for the reasons Harivansh Rai Bachchan Ji tells in his poem – Rajiv Krishna Saxena सोच सुखी मेरी छाती है दूर कहां मुझसे जाएगी केसे मुझको बिसराएगी …
Read More »पुत्र वधू से – प्रतिभा सक्सेना
A new bride comes home. Mother of the groom welcomes her. Pratibha Ji has so beautifully captured her thoughts. Somehow, these rituals, thousands of years old as they may be, never fail to stir the heart and emotions even today. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पुत्र वधू से द्वार खड़ा हरसिंगार फूल …
Read More »पुण्य फलिभूत हुआ – अमरनाथ श्रीवास्तव
In the eras by gone, changes in society came at a very slow pace. Most people lived just as their forefathers lived. All this changed over the last century. We now experience an uncomfortable and break-neck pace of changes in our own lives that the famed author Alvin Toffler called …
Read More »मन को वश में करो, फिर चाहे जो करो – रमानाथ अवस्थी
Vivekanand says that you can be free the moment you resolve to be free. And it is the understanding of truth that frees us. Once we understand the truth, it does not matter what we do in this world. Ramanath Awasthi puts it beautifully. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मन को वश …
Read More »मीलों तक – कुंवर बेचैन
What would have happened if we had only happiness in life? That would have been too monotonous. A mix of happiness and sorrows is perhaps the right mix. Read some lovely verses penned by Kunwar Bechain – Rajiv Krishna Saxena मीलों तक जिंदगी यूँ भी जली‚ यूँ भी जली मीलों …
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