Poems

दीवाली आने वाली है मानसून काफूर हो गया रावण का भी दहन हो गया ठंडी–ठंडी हवा चली है मतवाली अब गली–गली है पापा, मम्मी, भैय्या, भाभी बूआ, चाचा, दादा, दादी राह सभी तकते हैं मिल कर हर मन को भाने वाली है दीवाली आने वाली है चॉकलेट को छोड़ो भाई …

Here is a great lesson in diplomacy and human relations from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Forgiveness of a weakling does not count. First have the power and capability to defeat the enemy, then only your offer of peace would carry weight. Virtues of forgiveness, kindness and tolerance are appreciated in society …

Human interactions are most complex. Events some times take life of their own. People just drift away helplessly. Here is a beautiful poem on separation that happened…just like that… Rajiv Krishna Saxena जाने क्या हुआ जाने क्या हुआ कि दिन काला सा पड़ गया। चीज़ों के कोने टूटे बातों के …

Go ahead and do it, if you feel a strong motivation arising some where deep inside you. Because – Umangen yun akaran hi nahin uthteen… This poem touches somewhere deep What a magic Balkrishna Rao Ji has woven! Artistic interpratation by Garima Saxena – Rajiv Krishna Saxena त्यौहार का दिन …

Here is another poem of nostalgia. Noatalgia about the village life where the author must have spent his childhood. Many readers would identify with the feelings. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मेरा गाँव वो पनघट पे जमघट‚ वो सखियों की बातें वो सोने के दिन और चाँदी–सी रातें वो सावन की रिमझिम‚ …

Here is what Kaka Hathrasi thinks about the beard on men’s face. Kaka writes in his autobiography that once he was travelling by train along with Harivansh Rai Bachchan and the latter gave him the first line of this poem asking him to compose the rest. Here is how Kaka …

I recently saw the movie “Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara” directed by Jahnu Barua, with lead characters played superbly by Anupam Kher and Urmila Matondkar. It is a gripping tale of a family’s struggle to treat the delusional dementia of their old father. A poem that runs through the movie …

There is always nostalgia about the country we left long ago. Even as we wade our way through alien society and land, heart often pines for good old Home. Here is a poem of this nostalgia from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar – Rajiv Krishna Saxena रे प्रवासी जाग रे प्रवासी‚ जाग‚ …

In times of deep distress and depression, a ray of hope and optimism suddenly emerges in mind. This poem is dedicated to that optimism. Check out the lovely Anupras Alankar in the last line; five words starting with the letter “M”. Rajiv Krishna Saxena तुमुल कोलाहल कलह में, मैं हृदय …

ठंडा लोहा! ठंडा लोहा! ठंडा लोहा! ठंडा लोहा! मेरी दुखती हुई रगों पर ठंडा लोहा! मेरी स्वप्न भरी पलकों पर मेरे गीत भरे होठों पर मेरी दर्द भरी आत्मा पर स्वप्न नहीं अब गीत नहीं अब दर्द नहीं अब एक पर्त ठंडे लोहे की मैं जम कर लोहा बन जाऊँ– …