Poems

Who wants to sleep on the footpath? Yet out of sheer helplessness, millions do. On a hot summer night, how uncomfortable and frustrating it should be to sleep on stones and gravel. This precious poem by Kaifi Azmi captures the frustration and its essence. It traces human evolution from animals …

There are times when lovers realize that their separation is inevitable and that they would never ever see each other. They may pretend otherwise but in their hearts they know the truth. Those moments are stressful and unforgettable. Final good-bye and all is over. A silent wound created in the …

Some one is falling in love? Common sign is a constant thinking about the person one is falling in live with. Ravindra Bhramar describes the feeling… Rajiv Krishna Saxena आज का दिन आज का यह पहला दिन तुम्हे दे दिया मैंने आज दिन भर तुम्हारे ही ख्यालों का लगा मेला …

Go ahead and do it, if you feel a strong motivation arising some where deep inside you. Because – Umangen yun akaran hi nahin uthteen… This poem touches somewhere deep What a magic Balkrishna Rao Ji has woven! Artistic interpratation by Garima Saxena – Rajiv Krishna Saxena त्यौहार का दिन …

In todays world, rather than being an integrated social being, man is more of an individual who is supposed to increasingly use his mind and find his own path. While this change has made him in-charge of his own life, it has also made him lonelier. This gets increasingly reflected …

Before the evolution of Man, Nature remained unchallenged. Man with his new-found intellect started to conquer Nature. Slowly but surely he understood the secrets and learnt to manipulate them. Here is an old classic poem of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar that celebrates this unique trait of human beings – Rajiv Krishna …

We are in the midst of major social changes. As personal concerns take primacy over social concerns, families shrink from joint to nuclear, communications shrink, children go far away leaving parents alone in old age and selfishness replaces warm hearts, the pleasures of life too have shrunk considerably (see the …

It is the law of nature, when some one rises; it is on the cost of some one else. As the world rushes to felicitate and welcome the victor, the vanquished is forgotten. A beautiful poem indeed. आ रही रवि की सवारी नव-किरण का रथ सजा है, कलि-कुसुम से पथ …

Innocence and humanity of village societies is distinct from the clever selfishness of cities. Here is a nice poem by Kunwar Bechain depicting this fact. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अंतर मीठापन जो लाया था मैं गाँव से कुछ दिन शहर रहा अब कड़वी ककड़ी है। तब तो नंगे पाँव धूप में …

While man has made huge progress in science and has conquered Nature, his heart often revolts and yearns for peace in simple and natural living. Here is an excerpt from sixth chapter of the famous epic ‘Kurukshetra’ by Shri Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Rajiv Krishna Saxena विज्ञान और मानव मन (कुरुक्षेत्र …