Contemplation Poems

Here is some down to earth advice from Nida Fazli. These will go long way in ensuring a more peaceful life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बात कम कीजे बात कम कीजे, ज़िहानत को छिपाते रहिये यह नया शहर है, कुछ दोस्त बनाते रहिये दुश्मनी लाख सही, ख़त्म न कीजे रिश्ता दिल …

Non-descript poor laborers work hard and their hard work creates magnificent houses, roads, bridges, buildings and dams. They remain detached and move on once the job is done. They are the true magicians without ever realizing it. Here is a lovely poem by Anamika about such people. Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was one of the most popular leaders of the nation, a statesman as well as a Kavi. When my book Geeta Kavya Madhuri was published in 2002, I wrote to Atal Ji that I wanted to personally come and give him few copies. He was at …

Those who flow with the tide and take things at face value while living their lives probably fare better in their life’s journey. Those who dig deeper and try to understand the why and how of things that happen, are bound to come face to face with bitter and disturbing …

Many Bollywood songs have deep meanings and are immortal. Here is an example from the film My Love. Rajiv Krishna Saxena वो तेरे प्यार का गम वो तेरे प्यार का ग़म, एक बहाना था सनम अपनी क़िस्मत ही कुछ ऐसी थी कि   दिल टूट गया ये ना होता तो कोई …

There is no uniformity in nature. So is the life is not a monotone and has happiness and sorrows. Rajiv Krishna Saxena ऐसा नियम न बाँधो हर गायक का अपन स्वर है हर स्वर की अपनी मादकता ऐसा नियम न बाँधो सारे गायक एक तरह से गाएँ। कुछ नखशिख सागर …

A person who has been very active and useful to the society throughout his life, suddenly finds himself quite useless when he is old. He just lingers on wondering about his role. He prays to be taken away as he has nothing more to contribute. Rajiv Kishna Saxena प्रभु आज्ञा …

 Here is a tribute to  Rajesh Khanna  and Anand Bakshi .   Rajiv Krishna Saxena अच्छा तो हम चलते हैं अच्छा तो हम चलते हैं फिर कब मिलोगे? जब तुम कहोगे जुम्मे रात को हाँ हाँ आधी रात को कहाँ? वहीं जहाँ कोई आता-जाता नहीं अच्छा तो हम चलते हैं… किसी …

Some things in life give us immense satisfaction. Here is an excerpt from a poem written by the well known poet Shri Ramdarash Mishra. Rajiv Krishna Saxena आप आये पास तो अच्छा लगा आज धरती पर झुका आकाश तो अच्छा लगा, सिर किये ऊँचा खड़ी है घास तो अच्छा लगा। …

Santosh ‘Arsh’ sent me his poetry book entitled “Kya Pata”. I greatly enjoyed reading his work which reminded me of Dushyant Kumar. Here is a lovely poem showing the general feeling of dis-connect in postmodern world. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अच्छा नहीं लगता ये उड़ती रेत का सूखा समाँ अच्छा नहीं …