Tag Archives: loss

Times are changing fast. So many things we witnessed in our childhood appear to have vanished now. Soon many other old and traditional things will vanish. Our next generation will not ever see many things and traditions we saw. For example, when we were young children, we were experts in …

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 …

Mahadevi Verma had been a pillar of the Chhayavadi era of the Hindi poetry. Several of her famous poems are available in Geeta Kavita. Here is one of her simple poems for children. Those who have read the stories and memoirs of Mahadevi Verma would know how much she loved …

How things change! In this age, things we experienced in childhood have vanished; gone for ever. Only memories remain. Check out this poem by Rajendra Gautam – Rajiv Krishna Saxena पिता सरीखे गांव तुम भी कितने बदल गये हो पिता सरीखे गांव! परंपराओं का बरगद सा कटा हुआ यह तन …

In the old world (that still persists to a large extent in India), after marriage the bride was expected to become a part of the groom’s family. A girl’s leaving the parent’s to go to a new home remains a heart wrenching scene even today. Here is a moving poem …

Here is a very common sense philosophy – very useful too to cope with our losses. There are times when we lose a loved one. Losses are inevitable in life. All one can do it to bear the loss and carry on with life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जो बीत गई …

Social norms and society itself is changing so fast today that it bewilders the observer. There is a sense of loss and nostalgia. Here is a nice poem by Budhinath Mishra. Rajiv Krishna Saxena जिंदगी जिंदगी अभिशाप भी, वरदान भी जिंदगी दुख में पला अरमान भी क़र्ज साँसों का चुकाती …

An empty house… pleasant memories of the now-gone home-maker. Memories of laughter and the jingling of bangles… how does one come to terms with this kind of emptiness? Rajiv Krishna Saxena सूना घर सूने घर में किस तरह सहेजूँ मन को। पहले तो लगा कि अब आईं तुम, आकर अब …

Older norms and traditions are lost gradually as the hurricane of modernity rages in. Metaphors in this lovely poem paint an apt picture. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कितने दिन चले कसमसाई देह फिर चढ़ती नदी की देखिये, तट­बंध कितने दिन चले मोह में अपनी मंगेतर के समुंदर बन गया बादल, सीढ़ियाँ …

Saying last good-bye and parting ways is so difficult. Two young people who now know that they can no longer walk together, nonetheless are at a loss to decide who would say good-bye first. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अंतिम मिलन याद है मुझको, तुम्हें भी याद होगा मार्च की वह दोपहर, …