Poems

Raj Narayan Bisaria Ji, the well know Hindi poet, worked in Hindi service of BBC in London for ten years. Here is a poem he wrote when he finally returned to India. The poem shows the sheer exhilaration of home-coming. Enjoy! Rajiv Krishna Saxena. घर वापसी घर लौट के आया …

Here is a famous poem by Ram Avtaar Tyagi. One has to strive constantly because the moment of success can come just at any time. I especially like the last stanza “our own two feet take us to our destination, there is no use unnecessarily pleading with the path”. Rajiv …

Here is a lovely poem of Gopal Das Neeraj that tells us that challenges must be met head-on and are not to be avoided. Rajiv Krishna Saxena धर्म है जिन मुश्किलों में मुस्कुराना हो मना उन मुश्किलों में मुस्कुराना धर्म है। जिस वक्त जीना गैर मुमकिन सा लगे उस वक्त …

In the night sky, a star falls and vanishes in horizon. In this short lovely poem Bachchan Ji likens it to the short and un-sung human life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena देखो, टूट रहा है तारा। नभ के सीमाहीन पटल पर एक चमकती रेखा चलकर लुप्त शून्य में होती-बुझता एक निशा …

Here is a lovely poem that many readers have been requesting. Enjoy this gem from Harivansh Rai Bachchan Ji. Rajiv Krishna Saxena चिड़िया और चुरुगन छोड़ घोंसला बाहर आया‚ देखी डालें‚ देखे पात‚ और सुनी जो पत्ते हिलमिल‚ करते हैं आपस में बात; माँँ‚ क्या मुझको उड़ना आया? “नहीं चुरूगन‚ …

I recently saw the movie “Zindagi na milegi dobaara”. A nice movie indeed. A poem of Jawed Akhter was effectively used in this film. I would like to share it with the readers. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यूं ही होता है जब जब दर्द का बादल छाया जब ग़म का साया …

Two lovers who cannot disclose their love to the world, have to be very careful indeed. Here is a poem of Devraj Dinesh saying just that. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यह बात किसी से मत कहना तेरे पिंजरे का तोता तू मेरे पिंजरे की मैना यह बात किसी से मत कहना। …

In today’s world, only falsehood survives and prospers. Genuineness has no scope. We all feel this at times as we see the non-deserving sycophants get ahead in life whereas the truthful hard-worker languishes. Here is a lovely poem depicting this scene. Rajiv Krishna Saxena सूर्य की अब किसी को जरूरत …

Here is an amazing poem that says what many of us have often felt. Some times meeting very successful men, very wealthy men makes us feel low and depressed. Meeting simple men with no airs puts us on ease and we truly enjoy that. Keen observant poet in Bhavani Prasad …

“Upset you may be, please come to me even if for hurting me again” says the first line of this famous gazal.  This lovely gazal has been sung equally beautifully by Mehdi Hassan, Rajiv Krishna Saxena  रंजिश ही सही रंजिश ही सही, दिल ही दुखाने के लिये आ आ फिर …