Frustration Poems

झुक नहीं सकते – अटलबिहारी वाजपेयी

झुक नहीं सकते - अटलबिहारी वाजपेयी

Here is another poem of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji. It appears to have been written during the period of emergency imposed by Mrs. Indira Gandhi. It conveys a resolve to keep on the struggle. Rajiv Krishna Saxena झुक नहीं सकते टूट सकते हैं मगर हम झुक नहीं सकते सत्य …

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अपराधी कौन – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

अपराधी कौन - रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

Who are the saboteurs of this Nation? Who are responsible for impeding our growth? In this excerpt from the famous book “Parushuram ki Prateeksha”, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar identifies some culprits. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अपराधी कौन घातक है, जो देवता–सदृश दिखता है लेकिन कमरे में ग़लत हुक्म लिखता है जिस पापी …

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राष्ट्र की रपट – आचार्य भगवत दूबे

राष्ट्र की रपट - आचार्य भगवत दूबे

Here is the latest and rather realistic report of the country from the pen of Acharya Bhagwat Dube. Rajiv Krishna Saxena राष्ट्र की रपट नेतृत्व गया है भटक  बंधु क्या लिखूँ राष्ट्र की रपट बंधु कशमीर, आंध्र, आसाम सहित जलते हैं केरल, कटक बंधु सूखे चेहरे कुटियाओं के महलों की …

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निष्क्रियता – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

Youth has so many dreams and aspirations… Life however takes its own course and age marches menacingly on us every moment. As we hit middle age, dreams remain unfulfilled even as dwindling courage forces us to bury those dreams and ideologies in the deep gorge of inaction… Rajiv Krishna Saxena …

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कुछ ऐसा खेल रचो साथी – गोपाल सिंह नेपाली

कुछ ऐसा खेल रचो साथी - गोपाल सिंह नेपाली

Most of our lives are spent in doing routine things. Some times we desperately feel that the routine should break and some thing exiting should happen… Here is a famous poem of Gopal Singh Nepali – Rajiv Krishna Saxena कुछ ऐसा खेल रचो साथी कुछ ऐसा खेल रचो साथी कुछ …

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जब मिलेगी रोशनी मुझसे मिलेगी – राम अवतार त्यागी

जब मिलेगी रोशनी मुझसे मिलेगी – राम अवतार त्यागी

Here is a wonderful poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi. I see in it a plea for preservation of our culture and the frustration of the poet on the sad fact that it has become necessary to make such a plea – Rajiv Krishna Saxena जब मिलेगी रोशनी मुझसे मिलेगी इस …

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मैं सबको आशीश कहूंगा – नरेंद्र दीपक

मैं सबको आशीश कहूंगा – नरेंद्र दीपक

It is amazing how some people derive pleasure from sabotaging or spoiling things for others without any reason. But when the wisdom dawns, we tend to take even such people in stride and forgive them. All human beings are after all creatures of circumstances and they do what they must …

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कुटी चली परदेस कमाने – शैलेंद्र सिंह

कुटी चली परदेस कमाने – शैलेंद्र सिंह

There is a huge migration of rural folks to cities. Search of jobs make people leave their homes and culture and face all kinds of ordeals in alien lands. In the process they themselves undergo irreversible changes and are lost to villages for ever. Here is a touching poem by …

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रात रात भर श्वान भूकते – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

रात रात भर श्वान भूकते – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

Unfulfilled desires in our hearts do not let us live in peace and keep pocking us from inside. Bachchan found a very interesting metaphor in barking of dogs in the night. A lovely poem. Illustration by Garima Saxena – Rajiv K. Saxena रात रात भर श्वान भूकते पार नदी के …

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माता की मृत्यु पर – प्रभाकर माचवे

Mother is the dearest person in our lives. Here is the reaction of poet Prabhaker Machwe when he could not meet his mother as she died. Very moving. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena माता की मृत्यु पर माता! एक कलख है मन में‚ अंत समय में देख न पाया आत्मकीर के …

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