So much happens in life but to be detached is to be liberated. To know that every thing ends but be at peace with it. Here is a lovely poem of Bhawani Prasad Mishra. Read on Rajiv Krishna Saxena टूटने का सुख बहुत प्यारे बन्धनों को आज झटका लग रहा …

Satpura is in Madhya Pradesh and is covered with thick forest. In this famous poem Bhawani Prasad Mishra Ji draws a shabd-chitra of that forest. Look at the rhythm of narration. Lovely is poets description of the Gonda tribe that lives deep inside this jungle and keep hens and partridges. …

Challenges are taken by the youth. In old age one becomes mature and wiser not only to avoid pointless challenges but to come to realize that accepting challenges is in a way pointless. This poem is one of the trilogy of poems on this theme of remaining unaffected and unmoved …

A poem is but few words. Its meaning actually explodes in its entire splendor inside our own hearts. This poem of Bachchan brings back to us collective memories of the peaceful stillness of the time as the sun sets and the world prepares to retire for the night – Rajiv …

[learn_more caption=”Introduction: See more”]As we “progress” in life, complexities of living and thinking increase. Then one day suddenly we come face to face with the simple life and scenery from the past. It then appears as if all that no longer belongs to us. As if the past in now …

Another nursery rhyme. I learnt first four lines from my children when they were in Kindergarten (KG) and made up the rest. Artwork is also mine. Please also read another similar poems for children Kachhua Jal Ka Raja Hai, and Maindhak Jal Ka Rajkumar.  Rajiv Krishna Saxena मछली जल की …

As we “progress” in life, complexities of living and thinking increase. Then one day suddenly we come face to face with the simple life and scenery from the past. It then appears as if all that no longer belongs to us. As if the past in now beyond our reach. …

Here is a poem written in Hariyanvi dialect of Hindi, just for laughter, by the well known hasya-kavi Jamini Hariyanvi. The poem plays on the similar sounding words “stree” and “istri” that mean a woman and a clothe pressing iron respectively– Rajiv Krishna Saxena स्त्री बनाम इस्तरी एक दिन एक …

Our cities have become too westernized. Thousands of years old Indian culture however still survives in its lovely villages. Unfortunately, this wont last for ever. It wont be long before urbanization overtakes the last vestiges of our ancient ways and we get homogenized in the powerful juggernaut of western influences …

In this modern age of rationality – careers, money and possessions are foremost considerations. Each year hordes of our youngsters leave for foreign lands in search of all these. Under-neath all these “important considerations”, the feeble voices of emotions seem to get drowned. Old parents back home yearn to see …