Tag Archives: Death

Here is a lovely poem that brings in strong nostalgia for simple rural life where a Neem tree in the court-yard is like a family member who fully participates in the family life from birth to death. Rajiv Krishna Saxena नीम के फूल एक कड़वी–मीठी औषधीय गंध से भर उठता …

Life is fleeting and short-lived. Death is feared by all. Rashtra Kavi Maithili Sharan Gupt presents an alternative view. Life is precious and a miracle and we should rejoice in it. Living beings die but the life goes on. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जीवन की ही जय है मृषा मृत्यु का …

Some times, we may be very familiar with a song, yet we may not have ever noticed the meaning of the lyrics. The other day this song was sung by a contest on a popular reality show. I must have heard it many times before but never cared to listen …

A person who has been very active and useful to the society throughout his life, suddenly finds himself quite useless when he is old. He just lingers on wondering about his role. He prays to be taken away as he has nothing more to contribute. Rajiv Kishna Saxena प्रभु आज्ञा …

Leaving this world need not be a distressful experience. It is something very natural and has to be accepted that way. Here is a poem with that theme from Bhawani Prasad Mishra. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अच्छा अनुभव मेरे बहुत पास मृत्यु का सुवास देह पर उस का स्पर्श मधुर ही …

Here is some philosophy of life from Dinesh Mishra. Third stanza shows how we unnecessarily get scared at times. Last stanza is my favorite. We accumulate so much experience through out the life, but the life ends before we get to test what we have learnt – Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

You may have heard that song filmed on Amitabh Bachchan – “Apni to jaise taise, thodi aise ya vaise, kat jaayegee – aapka kya hoga janaabe aali”. This poem has similar sentiments of a detached soul not too interested in this world. Rajiv Krishna Saxena आँचल बुनते रह जाओगे मैं …

“Haril” is a bird that always keep clutching a wooden twig and never leaves it. This is a metaphore of strong attachments we develop in the life to worldly wealth and events. Worldly events however are beyond our control and we invariably age as we experience the life. The wealth …

Lord Krishna was cursed by Gandhari that he would be killed by the arrow of a petty hunter in the forest. As if to fulfill this destiny, Lord Krishna went to Prabhasa forest and rested under a tree awaiting his death. A hunter mistaking his feet for a deer shot …

Here is excerpt from a very emotional poem by Anjana Bhatt that brings forth the fear all children have of losing their mothers. It would moisten the eyes of many readers. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बोलो माँ तिनका तिनका जोड़ा तुमने अपना घर बनाया तुमने, अपने तन के सुंदर पौधे पर …