Nostalgia Poems

After all the initial trials and tribulations of love and adjustments, a real grace emerges in mature couples who could endure. They have gone through good and bad times together and have attained a kind of resilience that sees them through and provides strength to keep marching hand-in-hand – Rajiv …

A village beauty pining for her love. Simple and uncomplicated thinking, old memories and a sense of loss. A lovely poem by Dharamvir Bharti Ji. Rajiv Krishna Saxena फागुन की शाम घाट के रस्ते, उस बँसवट से इक पीली–सी चिड़िया, उसका कुछ अच्छा–सा नाम है! मुझे पुकारे! ताना मारे, भर …

Here is a simple poem on monkeys for children by the well known poet Ayodhya Singh Hariaudh. The era when madaris would go around with their damroo and monkeys dressed in colorful clothes and put up a street show of Bandar and bandaria, are now gone. Kids now do not …

Here is a little poem that my mother taught us kids. I do not know who wrote this poem, but it has a lot of truth in it! Rajiv Krishna Saxena अपना घर है सबसे प्यारा चिड़ियाँ के थे बच्चे चार निकले घर से पंख पसार पूरब से पश्चिम को …

Indians settled abroad are generally viewed as the ones who have made it and have attained the ultimate success with respect to careers and worldly possessions. But what we do not often realize is what they have to sacrifice for this success. They give up the mother land, the cultural …

 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 …

These days no one write letters. In past-years, people wrote letters and the receivers preserved those letters, at times for life. Those old preserved letters were magic and the following lovely poem tells us why. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पुराने पत्र हर पुराना पत्र सौ–सौ यादगारों का पिटारा खोलता है। मीत …

Here is excerpt from a very emotional poem by Anjana Bhatt that brings forth the fear all children have of losing their mothers. It would moisten the eyes of many readers. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बोलो माँ तिनका तिनका जोड़ा तुमने अपना घर बनाया तुमने, अपने तन के सुंदर पौधे पर …