There is always nostalgia about the country we left long ago. Even as we wade our way through alien society and land, heart often pines for good old Home. Here is a poem of this nostalgia from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar – Rajiv Krishna Saxena रे प्रवासी जाग रे प्रवासी‚ जाग‚ …
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Nida Fazli’s poems are amazingly close to real life. Here is a portrait of mother that many would identify as their own. ∼ Rajiv Krishna Saxena खट्टी चटनी जैसी माँ बेसन की सोंधी रोटी पर खट्टी चटनी जैसी माँ याद आती है चौका–बासन चिमटा, फुकनी – जैसी माँ! बान की …
Read More »घर की बात – प्रेम तिवारी
A joint family has lots of issues and people keep many things hidden in their hearts. At quiet times many thoughts jostle around in the mind. This lovely short poem illustrates this thought process of the “ghar ki bahu” while her husband is away. Rajiv Krishna Saxena घर की बात …
Read More »सयानी बिटिया – अशोक अंजुम
Here is a touching poem about a daughter. The realized and/or unrealized discrimination between sons and daughter comes in acute focus. – सयानी बिटिया जबसे हुई सयानी बिटिया भूली राजा-रानी बिटिया बाज़ारों में आते-जाते होती पानी-पानी बिटिया जाना तुझे पराये घर को मत कर यों मनमानी बिटिया किस घर को …
Read More »पीहर का बिरवा – अमरनाथ श्रीवास्तव
A married daughter full of pleasant memories of a carefree childhood returns after a long time to her parent’s village home. Contrary to her mental image, she finds that the house is now full of tensions, ego clashes and frictions… Here is a touching poem by Amarnath Shrivastava – Rajiv …
Read More »दूर का सितारा – निदा फ़ाज़ली
Parents are divine beings. No one can love us and care for us as selflessly as mother and father do. Yet, we take them for granted while they are alive. Even get irritated. Once they are gone we realize how priceless they were for us. Nothing can ever take the …
Read More »जानते हो? – राज कुमार
Dr. Raj Kumar is a retired professor of psychiatry. He is also a poet of an era bygone. I enjoyed hearing some of his poems in person. Here is a sample poem that exhorts those who left home in pursuit of riches, to return home. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जानते हो? …
Read More »घर : दो कविताएं – निदा फ़ाज़ली
Home sweet home! We live there but do not realize that it changes each day. Children grow up, parents grow old and die, girls get married and go away, boys marry and bring strangers home. If we go away for long time, changes become visible when we return. We miss …
Read More »नाव चली नानी की नाव चली – हरिंद्रनाथ चट्टोपाध्याय
There is something magical about Harindra Nath Chattopadhyay’s poems for children. We often heard them on Alashvani radio in 50s and 60s. A poem entitled “Railgadi” is already on this site. Here is another gem! ‘Nanu ki nani ki nav chali’ became ‘Nina ki nani ki nav chali’ in the …
Read More »अब घर लौट आओ – महेश्वर तिवारी
Memories of childhood home create huge nostalgia. There is a strong urge to return. All these memories seem to exhort you to return Rajiv Krishna Saxena अब घर लौट आओ चिट्ठियाँ भिजवा रहा है गाँव, अब घर लौट आओ। थरथराती गंध पहले बौर की कहने लगी है, याद माँ के …
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