Tag Archives: Life

मेरा गाँव – किशोरी रमण टंडन

Memories of my village

Here is another poem of nostalgia. Noatalgia about the village life where the author must have spent his childhood. Many readers would identify with the feelings. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मेरा गाँव वो पनघट पे जमघट‚ वो सखियों की बातें वो सोने के दिन और चाँदी–सी रातें वो सावन की रिमझिम‚ …

Read More »

चाहता हूँ देश की धरती, तुझे कुछ और भी दूँ – राम अवतार त्यागी

Chahata hoon desh ki dharti tujhe kuchh aur bhi doon!

I had read this poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi in children’s school Hindi text book. It left a deep impression. It may moisten eyes of some readers, especially those who feel special affinity for India. And that is why this is such a special poem. Illustration is from the collection …

Read More »

थकी दुपहरी – गिरिजा कुमार माथुर

Exhaution during hot summer noon

In early summer, fields are empty and dried leaves fallen from trees fly all over in warm wind. Poet presents a shabda-chitra and likens the scene to the loneliness in life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena थकी दुपहरी थकी दुपहरी में पीपल पर काग बोलता शून्य स्वरों में फूल आखिरी ये बसंत …

Read More »

कांच का खिलौना- आत्म प्रकाश शुक्ल

So temporary! What is the point of life?!

Life is so short. At times it seems rather pointless and absurd. Here is a very down to earth perspective on life that is very Indian. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कांच का खिलौना माटी का पलंग मिला राख का बिछौना। जिंदगी मिली कि जैसे कांच का खिलौना। एक ही दुकान में …

Read More »

परम्परा – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

Tradition is so precious!!

Tradition (parampara) is strong in India but the forces of post-modernism are chipping at it. Tradition may appear irrational but it provides the inner strength to a society. One is resigned to the fact that in due course of time, Indian society would give up its traditional ways. While this …

Read More »

कौन थकान हरे जीवन की – गिरिजा कुमार माथुर

Who would take away from me the tiredness of living!

Living a life is not such an easy chore. It tires out a person. At the end of it, one gets a feeling how absurd and pointless the whole affair was, and how pointless it is to get exhausted in doing so… A very lovely poem by Girija Kumar Mathur. …

Read More »

आ गए तुम? – निधि सक्सेना 

you have come?

A really moving poem by the Sahitya Acadamy Award winning poetess Maha Shweta Devi, telling us the essential rules for going through life. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena आ गए तुम? आ गए तुम, द्वार खुला है अंदर आओ…! पर तनिक ठहरो, ड्योढ़ी पर पड़े पाएदान पर अपना अहं झाड़ आना…! …

Read More »

व्यक्तित्व का मध्यांतर – गिरिजा कुमार माथुर

Unperturbed in adversity

Here is a beautiful poem by Girija Kumar Mathur depicting the sense of failure that a man invariably feels at the end of his career.  It is very difficult to define a successful life. When a man looks back at his own life, it looks mediocre and unremarkable. Veer Savarkar …

Read More »

मैं जीवन में कुछ न कर सका – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

My life made no difference

This realization dawns on most of us sooner or later. I couldn’t do much in life. Couldn’t achieve anything worthwhile. So much could be done. Here is a poem of Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Rajiv Krishna Saxena   मैं जीवन में कुछ न कर सका   मैं जीवन में कुछ न …

Read More »

देश की धरती, तुझे कुछ और भी दूँ – राम अवतार त्यागी

Chahata hoon desh ki dharti tumhen kuchh aur bhi doon

I had read this poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi in childrens school Hindi text book. It left a deep impression. It may moisten eyes of some readers, especially those who feel special affinity for India. And that is why this is such a special poem – Rajiv K. Saxena देश …

Read More »