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Bekal Utsaahi (real name Mohammad Shafi Khan) is a well know poet with grass-roots in Hindi heartland. His geets reflects the concerns of farmers and rural folks. He wrote some gazals also though his forte remained geets as the last two lines of the gazal below convey. The poet was …

We have such a transient existence on this earth. What is a human life span as compared to billions of years of the age of mother Earth? Mitti however has been existing for ever. It may change appearance but never ceases to exist. Infinite life forms emerge from it and …

November here denotes the twilight of life. One remembers the by-gone love of yesteryears that was lost. What would she be doing, one wonders… The years would have aged her too. This bit by bit aging (til til kar pakna) would go-on till the end of life … beautifully stated …

We are in the midst of major social changes. As personal concerns take primacy over social concerns, families shrink from joint to nuclear, communications shrink, children go far away leaving parents alone in old age and selfishness replaces warm hearts, the pleasures of life too have shrunk considerably (see the …