geeta-kavita

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 »

झाँसी की रानी – सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान

Rani Laxmibai ki kahani

Story of Laxmi Bai, (born Nov.19, 1835) the Queen of Jhansi is unparalleled in the history of India. She was only 18 years old when her husband Gangadhar Rao, the king of Jhansi died. As the first born child of Rani had died, the couple was childless. They adopted a …

Read More »

मैं बल्ब और तू ट्यूब सखी – बाल कृष्ण गर्ग

A divine girl-friend and a rather meek boy-friend!

Here is a very funny poem by Bal Krishna Garg on the inferiority complex felt by the common light bulb for tube light. Somewhere, this parallels the feelings of a boy when he comes in contact with a beautiful and sophisticated girl – Rajiv Krishna Saxena मैं बल्ब और तू …

Read More »

जब तुम आओगी – मदन कश्यप

Husband missing wife in empty home

A husband misses his wife when she with kids goes to her mother’s home. The empty home looks strange and alien. It feels as if everything in the home eagerly awaits the return of the woman of the house! This beautiful poem of Madan Kashyap describes the husband’s state of …

Read More »

छोटे शहर की यादें – शार्दुला नोगजा

Memories of living in a small town

Here is a nice poem dipped in the nostalgia of growing up in a small town. Rajiv Krishna Saxena छोटे शहर की यादें मुझे फिर बुलातीं हैं मुस्काती रातें, वो छोटे शहर की बड़ी प्यारी बातें। चंदा की फाँकों का हौले से बढ़ना, जामुन की टहनी पे सूरज का चढ़ना। …

Read More »

जीवन क्रम – बालस्वरूप राही

This is not the life I wanted!

Daily rut and unchanged routine… doing the same thing day after day with no joy of creativity… drains a man. There seems no escape … regrets linger on with us. Perhaps things could be better if we had not compromised in life. Yet now we almost willing remain in the …

Read More »

तुम्हारी हंसी – कुसुम सिन्हा

Your laughter !

Laughter they say is the best medicine. After all life is so temporary and brooding on perceived losses serves no particular purpose. Fortunate are those of us who retain their ability to laugh off the adversities. Here is a description of such a heartfelt laughter by Kusum Sinha. I especially …

Read More »

उर्वशी (नर प्रेम – नारी प्रेम) – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

How men love, how women love

How differently is the emotion of love felt by men and women! Here is an excerpt from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar’s famous book “Urvashi”. Meanings of some difficult words are given below – Rajiv Krishna Saxena उर्वशी (नर प्रेम – नारी प्रेम)   इसमे क्या आश्चर्य? प्रीति जब प्रथम–प्रथम जगती है‚ …

Read More »

परिवर्तन – ठाकुर गोपालशरण सिंह

Disaster turns the world topsi-turvy in no time

Change or parivartan they say, is the only that never stops. Everything changes as day follows night and night follows day. Everyone faces constant ups and downs. Here is a poem that makes a statement to this effect. Rajiv Krishna Saxena देखो यह जग का परिवर्तन जिन कलियों को खिलते …

Read More »

माँ की याद – सर्वेश्वरदयाल सक्सेना

Yerning to reach mother!

This lovely poem conjures up the image of late evening when little ones yearn to go in the soothing arms of mother… Poet misses his mother. Rajiv Krishna Saxena माँ की याद चींटियाँ अण्डे उठाकर जा रही हैं, और चिड़ियाँ नीड़ को चारा दबाए, धान पर बछड़ा रंभाने लग गया …

Read More »