Poems

[learn_more caption=”Introduction: See more”]Here are answers to some burning questions about marriage by Hullad Muradabadi, in the style of Kaka Hathrasi. Rajiv Krishna Saxena[/learn_more] हुल्लड़ और शादी दूल्हा जब घोड़ी चढ़ा, बोले रामदयाल हुल्लड़ जी बतलइए, मेरा एक सवाल मेरा एक सवाल, गधे पर नहीं बिठाते दूल्हे राजा क्यों घोड़ी …

What if things take characters totally unbecoming of them? Chaos indeed! I have made the illustration myself. Rajiv Krishna Saxena गड़बड़ झाला आसमान को हरा बना दें धरती नीली, पेड़ बैंगनी गाड़ी ऊपर, नीचे लाला फिर क्या होगा – गड़बड़ झाला! कोयल के सुर मेंढक बोले उल्लू दिन में आँखों …

Who are the saboteurs of this Nation? Who are responsible for impeding our growth? In this excerpt from the famous book “Parushuram ki Prateeksha”, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar identifies some culprits. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अपराधी कौन घातक है, जो देवता–सदृश दिखता है लेकिन कमरे में ग़लत हुक्म लिखता है जिस पापी …

Kaka Hathrasi had to spend a night on Dehradun railway station infested with mosquitos. Read this funny account. Illustration has been done by me. Rajiv Krishna Saxena काका और मच्छर काका वेटिंग रूम में, फँसे देहरा–दून नींद न आई रात भर, मच्छर चूसें खून मच्छर चूसें खून, देह घायल कर …

Two lovely short poems about mature love. First poem refers to a plethora of pain, and sadness that accumulate through a life spent with each other, but remain silent and un-communicated. The second one shows how a couple after a life lived together; find themselves becoming un-separable parts of each …

Here is the latest and rather realistic report of the country from the pen of Acharya Bhagwat Dube. Rajiv Krishna Saxena राष्ट्र की रपट नेतृत्व गया है भटक  बंधु क्या लिखूँ राष्ट्र की रपट बंधु कशमीर, आंध्र, आसाम सहित जलते हैं केरल, कटक बंधु सूखे चेहरे कुटियाओं के महलों की …

Youth has so many dreams and aspirations… Life however takes its own course and age marches menacingly on us every moment. As we hit middle age, dreams remain unfulfilled even as dwindling courage forces us to bury those dreams and ideologies in the deep gorge of inaction… Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

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 …

Some times, a very empathetic and persistent enquiry from someone very close, moves one to tears. Here is a lovely poem by Balkrishna Rao. Rajiv Krishna Saxena उत्तर न होगा वह कोई दुख नया नहीं है सच मानो, कुछ भी नहीं है नया कोई टीस, कोई व्यथा, कोई दाह 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 …