Life And Time Poems

राह कौन सी जाऊं मैं – अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी

There are dilemmas in life at every step. What to do? Which alternative to choose? And there are no authentic and correct answers. We must nonetheless make a choice. Rajiv Krishna Saxena राह कौन सी जाऊं मैं चौराहे पर लुटता चीर‚ प्यादे से पिट गया वजीर‚ चलूं आखिरी चाल कि …

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सूरज डूब चुका है – अजित कुमार

The sun sets on my life

In youth we remain so busy in making careers, building houses, raising children, living a life etc. There is no spare time. Later in life when children have grown and left and career considerations dwindled, there is suddenly nothing much left to do and that motivation to “achieve” dwindles. A …

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अक्ल कहती है – बाल स्वरूप राही

अक्ल कहती है – बाल स्वरूप राही

Bal Swarup Rahi is one of my favorite poets. Here is a poem that is a realistic advisory for living a life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अक्ल कहती है अक्ल कहती है, सयानों से बनाए रखना दिल ये कहता है, दीवानों से बनाए रखना लोग टिकने नहीं देते हैं कभी चोटी …

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जिंदगी बदल रही है – गुलज़ार

जिंदगी बदल रही है - गुलज़ार

[learn_more caption=”Introduction: See more”]In early summer, fields are empty and dried leaves fallen from trees fly all over in warm wind. Poet presents a shabda-chitra and likens the scene to the loneliness in life. Rajiv Krishna Saxena[/learn_more] जिंदगी बदल रही है जब मैं छोटा था दुनियाँ शायद बहुत बड़ी हुआ …

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गया साल – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

गया साल - राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

End of the year 2016 was rather unusual. Demonetization of high value notes brought tough times for all. However, common people in general were convinced that these hard times would usher in a better future. There were lots of expectations from the emerging leadership of Modi Ji! Here are few …

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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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मदारी का वादा – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

मदारी का वादा – राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना

I have the greatest respect for people who earn their bread everyday. I mean the people like street hawkers, fruit and vegetable sellers and street jugglers and madaris. They have no idea what the day has in store for them and whether they would earn sufficient to feed their loved …

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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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उत्तर न होगा वह – बालकृष्ण राव

उत्तर न होगा वह - बालकृष्ण राव

Some times, a very empathetic and persistent enquiry from someone very close, moves one to tears. Here is a lovely poem by Balkrishna Rao. Rajiv Krishna Saxena उत्तर न होगा वह कोई दुख नया नहीं है सच मानो, कुछ भी नहीं है नया कोई टीस, कोई व्यथा, कोई दाह कुछ …

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