Desh Prem Poems

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 …

Here is an old classic from Dinkar, exhorting Himalaya the great snow-covered king of mountains (Nagpati), that stands tall and eternally on the north of Indian subcontinent, to save India from its decline. The poem seems to have been written while India was under captivity of the English. Rajiv Krishna …

India has been through a phase of bad times for last few centuries. It was however not always so. Reading Bharat-Bharati by the Rashtra Kavi Maithli Sharan Gupt fills in all Indians a great deal of pride in our country, as it was in ancient times, and generates hope of …

I had read this poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi in childrens school Hindi text book. It left a deep impression. It may moisten eyes of some readers, especially those who feel special affinity for India. And that is why this is such a special poem – Rajiv K. Saxena देश …

In mid 1500s Akbar the Mughal emperor of India, in his bid to consolidate his empire, had entered into agreements with Rajput kingdoms except that of Mewar. Maharana Pratap of Mewar was defiant and did not want to lose his independence. Frustrated Akbar sent his massive army led by Mansingh …

Here is an old classic, the desire of a flower by Makhanlal Chaturvedi Ji – Rajiv Krishna Saxena पुष्प की अभिलाषा चाह नहीं मैं सुरबाला के गहनों में गूँथा जाऊँ चाह नहीं, प्रेमी-माला में बिंध प्यारी को ललचाऊँ चाह नहीं, सम्राटों के शव पर हे हरि, डाला जाऊँ चाह नहीं, …

Geeta-Kavita has become very popular amongst school children and their parents who find on this site poems to recite in class, or for home-work. It is therefore important that poems well entrenched in public memory should be available on this site. This famous poem of desh prem should be of …

Soul of India resides in her villages. Agyeya said so in his poem “Hamara Desh” and in this famous poem Sumitranandan Pant Ji makes the point that the gentle, compassionate, enduring and caring Bharatmata lives in villages. We should keep in mind that the poem was written perhaps 70-80 yers …

Netherlands is a beautiful country. Cool and crisp, clean and efficient. While I often visit the country as my daughter lives there, I recently visited the Amsterdam for a couple of days. I have written this article to summarize my impression of this city and the Dutch people. Rajiv Krishna …

Here is a lovely poem most of us may have read in school days. Unity in diversity is emphasized here. Rajiv Krishna Saxena हम सब सुमन एक उपवन के हम सब सुमन एक उपवन के एक हमारी धरती सबकी, जिसकी मिट्टी में जन्मे हम। मिली एक ही धूप हमें है, सींचे गए …