Poems

कौन यहाँ आया था – दुष्यंत कुमार

Who just came, what changed?

In the hum-drum of life, some times some one comes and suddenly there is excitement. Things may go topsy-turvy but who cares! At least the monotony has broken. Here is a lovely poem by Dushyant Kumar. The poem reminds me of the song “Kaun Aaya” in the movie “Katha”. Rajiv …

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एक तिनका – अयोध्या सिंह उपाध्याय ‘हरिऔध’

Beautiful eyes

Here is a reality check. We may be proud and arrogant but a tiny particle fallen in our eyes may totally defeats us. Rajiv Krishna Saxena   एक तिनका   मैं घमंडों में भरा ऐंठा हुआ एक दिन जब था मुँडेरे पर खड़ा आ अचानक दूर से उड़ता हुआ एक …

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छिप छिप अश्रु बहाने वालों – गोपाल दास नीरज

This poem is quite in contrast to the previous one “Kaarvan Gujar Gaya” by the same author, even its answer in a way. Here is a more optimistic view on life. It exhorts us to take things in stride and carry on even if life brings onto us some nasty …

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अम्बे! चरण कमल हैं तेरे – अज्ञात

Mother’s International School in New Delhi, where my children studied, has a Morning Prayer session for all, every day.  This is one of the bhajans often sung in the assembly. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अम्बे! चरण कमल हैं तेरे। अम्बे! चरण कमल हैं तेरे। हम भौरे हैं, जनम-जनम के निशिदिन देते …

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राह कौन सी जाऊं मैं – अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी

There are dilemmas in life at every step. What to do? Which alternative to choose? And there are no authentic and correct answers. We must nonetheless make a choice. Rajiv Krishna Saxena राह कौन सी जाऊं मैं चौराहे पर लुटता चीर‚ प्यादे से पिट गया वजीर‚ चलूं आखिरी चाल कि …

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गोरी बैठी छत पर – ओम प्रकाश आदित्य

गोरी बैठी छत पर – ओम प्रकाश आदित्य

Here is an old classic by Om Prakash Aditya. The situation is that a young woman is on the roof of a house trying to jump and kill herself. Om Prakash Aditya Ji describes the scene in style of many well known poets. Look at his genius and how well …

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चंदन बन डूब गया – किशन सरोज

Sandlewood forest under fog

Hear is a poem by Kishan Saroj, that became popular after the death of the Prime Minister Lal Bahadur shastri. Rajiv Krishna Saxena चंदन बन डूब गया छोटी से बड़ी हुईं तरुओं की छायाएं धुंधलाईं सूरज के माथे की रेखाएं मत बांधो‚ आंचल मे फूल चलो लौट चलें वह देखो! …

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हम पंछी उन्‍मुक्‍त गगन के – शिवमंगल सिंह ‘सुमन’

Set free the birds!

A golden cage may entice a person for some time but then there is a yearning for freedom… and a nostalgia about the bygone days when freedom was taken for granted. Here is a lovely poem by Shivmangal Singh Suman – Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम पंछी उन्‍मुक्‍त गगन के हम …

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नाम उसका राम होगा – श्याम नारायण पाण्डेय

Naam uska Ram hoga

A classic devotional poem excerpted from the mangalacharan written by the great poet Shyam Narayan Pandey for his book “Jauhar”. Rajiv Krishna Saxena नाम उसका राम होगा गगन के उस पार क्या पाताल के इस पार क्या है? क्या क्षितिज के पार, जग जिस पर थमा आधार क्या है? दीप …

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डर लगता है! – कुमार विश्वास

Kumar Vishwas on Kejriwal

Kumar Vishwas is a well-known contemporary Hindi poet. He was also a leader of AAP party of Delhi. His following poem seems to express his disillusion with the on-goings in AAP party lead by Arvind Kejriwal.  Poem itself is very good and reminded me of another nice poem on Geeta-Kavita …

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