Go ahead and do it, if you feel a strong motivation arising some where deep inside you. Because – Umangen yun akaran hi nahin uthteen… This poem touches somewhere deep What a magic Balkrishna Rao Ji has woven! Artistic interpratation by Garima Saxena – Rajiv Krishna Saxena त्यौहार का दिन …

Here is another poem of nostalgia. Noatalgia about the village life where the author must have spent his childhood. Many readers would identify with the feelings. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मेरा गाँव वो पनघट पे जमघट‚ वो सखियों की बातें वो सोने के दिन और चाँदी–सी रातें वो सावन की रिमझिम‚ …

Here is what Kaka Hathrasi thinks about the beard on men’s face. Kaka writes in his autobiography that once he was travelling by train along with Harivansh Rai Bachchan and the latter gave him the first line of this poem asking him to compose the rest. Here is how Kaka …

I started dhyan (meditation) almost 38 years ago. In this short article, I have briefly described the experience and the effect it has brought to my life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena ध्यान: मेरे कुछ अनुभव आध्यात्म की ओर मेरा झुकाव लगभग 47 वर्ष पहले शुरू हुआ। तब मैं पी एच डी …

Baal Geeta: Baal Geeta was published in the year 2012 by Penguin Books. The purpose of this book is to convey to children and those who are attempting for the first time to get a sense of the message of Bhagwat Geeta. The book is illustrated and comprises a long …

I recently saw the movie “Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara” directed by Jahnu Barua, with lead characters played superbly by Anupam Kher and Urmila Matondkar. It is a gripping tale of a family’s struggle to treat the delusional dementia of their old father. A poem that runs through the movie …

There is always nostalgia about the country we left long ago. Even as we wade our way through alien society and land, heart often pines for good old Home. Here is a poem of this nostalgia from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar – Rajiv Krishna Saxena रे प्रवासी जाग रे प्रवासी‚ जाग‚ …

In times of deep distress and depression, a ray of hope and optimism suddenly emerges in mind. This poem is dedicated to that optimism. Check out the lovely Anupras Alankar in the last line; five words starting with the letter “M”. Rajiv Krishna Saxena तुमुल कोलाहल कलह में, मैं हृदय …

Here is an old classic from Subhdra Kumari Chauhan. Most of us have read this poem in our school days. Here it is to refresh the memory. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena ठुकरा दो या प्यार करो देव! तुम्हारे कई उपासक कई ढंग से आते हैं सेवा में बहुमूल्य भेंट वे …

The great war of Mahabharata left a permanent scar on the Indian psyche. The politics, the moral and ethical issues, the sheer magnitude of human suffering and loss of millions of lives, all this; the event was unparalleled in human history. But what happened after the war? Life simply could …