Tag Archives: resolve

बात बात में – शिवमंगल सिंह ‘सुमन’

Some one has gone from my life

Here is a reflection on the path of life. We find friends and lose them. But we must carry on… There is no alternative. A lovely poem by Shivmangal Singh Suman. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena बात बात में इस जीवन में बैठे ठाले ऐसे क्षण भी आ जाते हैं जब …

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जाग तुझको दूर जाना – महादेवी वर्मा

Wake up! You have to leave!!

In this Jeevan-Path one has to go on in spite of innumerable difficulties, distractions and worldly attachments. Here is a lovely poem by Mahadevi Verma – Rajiv Krishna Saxena जाग तुझको दूर जाना   चिर सजग आँखें उनींदी आज कैसा व्यस्त बाना! जाग तुझको दूर जाना! अचल हिमगिरि के हॄदय …

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पीथल और पाथल – कन्हैयालाल सेठिया

पीथल और पाथल – कन्हैयालाल सेठिया

You may have read Shyam Narayan Pandey’s classic epic “Haldighati”. Three excerpts from that great work are available on this site. Many readers had asked me to include a Rajasthani classic poem on the same theme by the great poet Kanhaiyalal Sethia, but I could not find that poem any …

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झुक नहीं सकते – अटलबिहारी वाजपेयी

झुक नहीं सकते - अटलबिहारी वाजपेयी

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 …

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निष्क्रियता – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

Youth has so many dreams and aspirations… Life however takes its own course and age marches menacingly on us every moment. As we hit middle age, dreams remain unfulfilled even as dwindling courage forces us to bury those dreams and ideologies in the deep gorge of inaction… Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

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यात्रा और यात्री – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

यात्रा और यात्री – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

Journey of life is frustrating. One may even wonder, why travel at all. Yet, as Bachchan Ji says in this poem, one has to keep on moving till the last breath. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यात्रा और यात्री साँस चलती है तुझे चलना पड़ेगा ही मुसाफिर! चल रहा है तारकों का …

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धर्म है – गोपाल दास नीरज

धर्म है – गोपाल दास नीरज

Here is a lovely poem of Gopal Das Neeraj that tells us that challenges must be met head-on and are not to be avoided. Rajiv Krishna Saxena धर्म है जिन मुश्किलों में मुस्कुराना हो मना उन मुश्किलों में मुस्कुराना धर्म है। जिस वक्त जीना गैर मुमकिन सा लगे उस वक्त …

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