Tag Archives: Love

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 …

Life is a temporary phase. We come into this world and leave one day. In between, many get too pre-occupied with hording wealth and name. Indian thought has always considered this tendency madness. Detachment with material things and love for humanity has always been the saintly advice in India. Here …

Here is another pleading for the love to stay for some more time. Rajiv Krishna Saxena दो दिन ठहर जाओ अभी ही तो लदी ही आम की डाली, अभी ही तो बही है गंध मतवाली; अभी ही तो उठी है तान पंचम की, लगी अलि के अधर से फूल की …

Early phase of undeclared love is akin mild inebriated mental state where the lover is constantly lost in thoughts of his lady love. This poem describes the state with many metaphors. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अंगड़ाई–सी तुम शोर की इस भीड़ में ख़ामोश तन्हाई–सी तुम ज़िंदगी है धूप तो मदमस्त पुरवाई–सी …

Here is a poem of Dharamvir Bharti Ji from yesteryears. Social pressure then, much more than now, would prevent the acceptance of affairs of heart. A bride just before her family arranged marriage rituals start, visits her lover for the last time in a quiet aangan for a silent good …

A life of desperation and one hardly sees a point of keep living. But enter love and the things don’t look so bad anymore… Rajiv Krishna Saxena भर दिया जाम भर दिया जाम जब तुमने अपने हाथों से प्रिय! बोलो, मैं इन्कार करूं भी तो कैसे! वैसे तो मैं कब …

A rainy night in a unfamiliar place sorely missing the beloved. Here is an excerpt of a poem by Ram Kumar Chaturvedi describing the feelings. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बादलों की रात फागुनी ठंडी हवा में काँपते तरु–पात गंध की मदिरा पिये है बादलों की रात शाम से ही आज बूँदों …

Here is Dharamvir Bharati’s description of talks that never end between two new lovers. Dedicated to all lovers on this Valentine ’s Day. Rajiv Krishna Saxena बातें सपनों में डूब–से स्वर में जब तुम कुछ भी कहती हो मन जैसे ताज़े फूलों के झरनों में घुल सा जाता है जैसे …

Separation from the loved one for a long period of time saps the energy. Life becomes a drab and nothing really cheers you up. Then one fine day the loved one returns. The poem depicts the exhilaration that the woman feels when the heart throb returns and how! Suddenly there …

Santosh ‘Arsh’ sent me his poetry book entitled “Kya Pata”. I greatly enjoyed reading his work which reminded me of Dushyant Kumar. Here is a lovely poem showing the general feeling of dis-connect in postmodern world. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अच्छा नहीं लगता ये उड़ती रेत का सूखा समाँ अच्छा नहीं …