Poems

In night when the whole world sleeps, some lay awake. Their heart full of grief, they are the ones whose tears keep company with the night. Rajiv Krishna Saxena विश्व सारा सो रहा है हैं विचरते स्वप्न सुंदर, किंतु इनका संग तजकर, व्योम–व्यापी शून्यता का कौन साथी हो रहा है? …

Here on the occasion of Republic Day, is the all-time classic immortalized by Lata Mangeshkar,  that never fails to move Indians. Rajiv Krishna Saxena ऐ मेरे वतन के लोगों ऐ मेरे वतन के लोगों, तुम खूब लगा लो नारा ये शुभ दिन है हम सब का, लहरा लो तिरंगा प्यारा …

When lovers meet there is magic in atmosphere. Here is a poem by Bhagwati Charan Varma that describes the feelings. Rajiv Krishna Saxena आज मानव का सुनहला प्रात है आज मानव का सुनहला प्रात है, आज विस्मृत का मृदुल आघात है आज अलसित और मादकता भरे सुखद सपनों से शिथिल …

Who wants to sleep on the footpath? Yet out of sheer helplessness, millions do. On a hot summer night, how uncomfortable and frustrating it should be to sleep on stones and gravel. This precious poem by Kaifi Azmi captures the frustration and its essence. It traces human evolution from animals …

Some one is falling in love? Common sign is a constant thinking about the person one is falling in live with. Ravindra Bhramar describes the feeling… Rajiv Krishna Saxena आज का दिन आज का यह पहला दिन तुम्हे दे दिया मैंने आज दिन भर तुम्हारे ही ख्यालों का लगा मेला …

In todays world, rather than being an integrated social being, man is more of an individual who is supposed to increasingly use his mind and find his own path. While this change has made him in-charge of his own life, it has also made him lonelier. This gets increasingly reflected …

Before the evolution of Man, Nature remained unchallenged. Man with his new-found intellect started to conquer Nature. Slowly but surely he understood the secrets and learnt to manipulate them. Here is an old classic poem of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar that celebrates this unique trait of human beings – Rajiv Krishna …

We are in the midst of major social changes. As personal concerns take primacy over social concerns, families shrink from joint to nuclear, communications shrink, children go far away leaving parents alone in old age and selfishness replaces warm hearts, the pleasures of life too have shrunk considerably (see the …

It is the law of nature, when some one rises; it is on the cost of some one else. As the world rushes to felicitate and welcome the victor, the vanquished is forgotten. A beautiful poem indeed. आ रही रवि की सवारी नव-किरण का रथ सजा है, कलि-कुसुम से पथ …

Innocence and humanity of village societies is distinct from the clever selfishness of cities. Here is a nice poem by Kunwar Bechain depicting this fact. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अंतर मीठापन जो लाया था मैं गाँव से कुछ दिन शहर रहा अब कड़वी ककड़ी है। तब तो नंगे पाँव धूप में …