geeta-kavita

मैं ही हूं – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

Man in dialog with God

We humans see the world and interpret it as per our mental capacities. We try to make a sense out of this world by giving many hypotheses. But reality remains beyond us, a matter of constant speculation. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मैं ही हूं मैं ही हूँ प्रभु पुत्र आपका, चिर …

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इंकार कर दिया – राम अवतार त्यागी

Inkaar kar diya

Some upright people refuse to compromise in life and suffer as a result. They however do not complain. Rajiv Krishna Saxena इंकार कर दिया मेरे पीछे इसीलिये तो धोकर हाथ पड़ी है दुनिया मैंने किसी नुमाइश घर में सजने से इन्कार कर दिया। विनती करती, हुक्म चलाती रोती, फिर हँसती, …

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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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कहां रहेगी चिड़िया – महादेवी वर्मा

Were will the bird live?

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 …

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सबसे अधिक तुम्हीं रोओगे – राम अवतार त्यागी

Who would be most distresed

All of us have gone through those very private moments when we meet some one with whom we have a very special binding and who may care the most for us in this world. While others may be vocal and demonstrative but that special relationship is beyond words and can …

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प्रिये – एक पौरोडी – बेढब बनारसी

प्रिये को मनाता एक लड़का

This poem of Bedhab Banarsi is a perodi of a famous poem of Bhagwati Charan Gupt from his book “Prem Sangeet”. Reminds me of the poem “Main bulb aur tum tube sakhi” in Geeta-Kavita collection. It is great fun to read! Rajiv Krishna Saxsna प्रिये – एक पौरोडी  तुम अंडर–ग्रेजुएट …

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तत्व चिंतन: भाग 1 – तत्व चिंतन की आवश्यकता – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

Introduction to Hindu dharma

With this article, I wish to start a series of articles that would follow very basics of the great thought process that characterizes the essential ethos of the Indian civilization. This unique civilization has continued in an uninterrupted fashion for thousands of years in the area south of the great …

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देश मेरे – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

It was many many years ago when I was faced with the question of staying back in USA or return to India. Career and material considerations would have us stay back but deep rooted tug on heart would urge us to pack up and leave. As any pravasi Indian would …

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सुख का दुख – भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र

Many of us have experienced it. As the frugal living gives rise to affluence derived from successful careers, as gadgets fill the house, cars line the driveway, as we make “progress” in our lives, there is a definite cost we pay for that. Some pristine happiness and capability to derive …

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कदम मिला कर चलना होगा – अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी

कदम मिला कर चलना होगा – अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी

I met the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Feb 2003. I wanted to present him a copy of my book Geeta Kavya Madhuri (a verse to verse translation of all 700 Sanskrit shlokas of Srimad Bhagwat Geeta) and he had promptly given me time. I recall that …

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