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Atal Ji’s poems have deep roots in the India tradition. Here is one that describes a typical rural Indian house hold of the yester years. It is a picture that we are sadly losing rapidly under the pressure of “modernization” – Rajiv Krishna Saxena आओ मन की गांठें खोलें यमुना …

Atal Ji’s famous  poem on his birthday!  Hindu thought and philosophy evolved over the Indian sub-continent over last thousands of years. It was the most liberal thought that allowed unfettered thinking and reasoning and was a natural precursor for true humanism. Hindu society assimilated whosoever reached India for shelter from …

Another lovely poem by Atal Ji. One more year has passed by and one can just observe and feel inside the emptiness of this uninterrupted yet repetitive stream of passage of time….Rajiv Krishna Saxena एक बरस बीत गया झुलसाता जेठ मास शरद चांदनी उदास सिसकी भरते सावन का अन्तर्घट रीत …

I met the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Feb 2003. I wanted to present him a copy of my book Geeta Kavya Madhuri (a verse to verse translation of all 700 Sanskrit shlokas of Srimad Bhagwat Geeta) and he had promptly given me time. I recall that …

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 …

Here is another poem of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji. It appears to have been written during the period of emergency imposed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi. It conveys a resolve to keep on the struggle. Rajiv Krishna Saxena झुक नहीं सकते टूट सकते हैं मगर हम झुक नहीं सकते सत्य …

In most human endeavors, there are ups and downs. But in the field of politics, downswings can be brutal and up-swings full of elation and optimism. Two poems of Atal Ji reflect beautifully on this roller coaster. First one appears to have been written in a phase of disillusionment and …

On the auspicious occasion of the birthday of our past Prime Minister Atal Ji, I am posting excerpt from an inspiring poem written by him. सिंधु में ज्वार आज सिंधु में ज्वार उठा है नगपति फिर ललकार उठा है कुरुक्षेत्र के कण–कण से फिर पांचजन्य हुँकार उठा है। शत–शत आघातों …

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was one of the most popular leaders of the nation, a statesman as well as a Kavi. When my book Geeta Kavya Madhuri was published in 2002, I wrote to Atal Ji that I wanted to personally come and give him few copies. He was at …

Atal Jis poems have special significance. He was leader of a country of one billion people; a seasoned politician who would have seen all that is to be seen on this earth. It is admirable that he retained the sensitivity of heart as a poet too, a member of the …