Poems

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 …

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 …

his is beautifully depicted in a classical poem by Sohanlal Dwivedi. An abridged version of this poem venerating Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi is here for you to relish – Rajiv Krishna Saxena खड़ा हिमालय बता रहा है खड़ा हिमालय बता रहा है डरो न आंधी पानी में। खड़े रहो तुम अविचल …

Barsana is the home village of Radha, and ‘Kanha Barsane main aayi jaiyo’ is quite a famous geet about the teasing that goes on between Radha and Krishna. Here hasya kavi Allhad Bikaneri has made a parody of this old song in the modern context. How things have changed!- Rajiv …

A funny old and famous poem, just for reading and smiling / laughing. Illustration is by Garima Saxena.- Rajiv K. Saxena वह युग कब आएगा? जब पेड़ नहीं केवल शाखें होंगी जब चश्मे के ऊपर आंखें होंगी वह युग कब आएगा? जब पैदा होने पर मातमपुरसी होगी जब आदमी के …

He who died unsung, unheard, for the Motherland, who was he? Countless people gave their lives for the freedom of the country. We only know about a handful. Others contributed their lives and faded away unsung and forgotten. Here is a touching poem by Hanskumar Tiwari. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मिट्टी …

So much happens in life but to be detached is to be liberated. To know that every thing ends but be at peace with it. Here is a lovely poem of Bhawani Prasad Mishra. Read on Rajiv Krishna Saxena टूटने का सुख बहुत प्यारे बन्धनों को आज झटका लग रहा …

Satpura is in Madhya Pradesh and is covered with thick forest. In this famous poem Bhawani Prasad Mishra Ji draws a shabd-chitra of that forest. Look at the rhythm of narration. Lovely is poets description of the Gonda tribe that lives deep inside this jungle and keep hens and partridges. …

Challenges are taken by the youth. In old age one becomes mature and wiser not only to avoid pointless challenges but to come to realize that accepting challenges is in a way pointless. This poem is one of the trilogy of poems on this theme of remaining unaffected and unmoved …

A poem is but few words. Its meaning actually explodes in its entire splendor inside our own hearts. This poem of Bachchan brings back to us collective memories of the peaceful stillness of the time as the sun sets and the world prepares to retire for the night – Rajiv …