Tag Archives: Memories

Nida Fazli’s poems are amazingly close to real life. Here is a portrait of mother that many would identify as their own. ∼ Rajiv Krishna Saxena खट्टी चटनी जैसी माँ बेसन की सोंधी रोटी पर खट्टी चटनी जैसी माँ याद आती है चौका–बासन चिमटा, फुकनी – जैसी माँ! बान की …

मामा जी (डॉ धर्मवीर भारती): कुछ संस्मरण बचपन की हम बच्चों की मामा जी डॉ धर्मवीर भारती की यादें बड़ी लुभावनी हैं । अम्मा के साथ  हम तीनों भाई गर्मियों की छुट्टियों में अक्सर इलाहबाद (अब प्रयागराज)  चले  जाते थे । पिता जी डॉक्टर थे और उनका अपने मरीज़ों को …

Atal Ji’s poems have deep roots in the India tradition. Here is one that describes a typical rural Indian house hold of the yester years. It is a picture that we are sadly losing rapidly under the pressure of “modernization” – Rajiv Krishna Saxena आओ मन की गांठें खोलें यमुना …

Some one has gone – left for ever – only memories remain and tears. Prabha Thakur describes the feelings. Rajiv Krishna Saxena याद आती रही आंख रह–रह मेरी डबडबाती रही‚ हम भुलाते रहे याद आती रही! प्राण सुलगे‚ तो जैसे धुआं छा गया। नैन भीगे‚ ज्यों प्यासा कुआं पा गया। …

Heart-break of losing the love of one’s life is unbearable, but if the loser is a poet, the verbalization of depression can be very eloquent. This is first of a set of two poems from Bal Swarup Rahi. In the first poem, the poet is shattered as the love of …

Someone leaves and someone is left behind lonely and crushed. Here is a lovely poem by Dinesh Singh. Rajiv Krishna Saxena मैं फिर अकेला रह गया   बीते दिसंबर तुम गए लेकर बरस के दिन नए पीछे पुराने साल का जर्जर किला था ढह गया मैं फिर अकेला रह गया …

All those evenings full of pain and memories, was there any larger meaning to them? Or they had no value at all? See what Bharati Ji says in this lovely poem – Rajiv Krishna Saxena क्या इनका कोई अर्थ नही ये शामें, ये सब की सब शामें… जिनमें मैंने घबरा …

Most days are so routine. Nothing really happens. But then one evening, by some magic, the heart melts and tears flow. This interlude makes that day prefect. – Rajiv Krishna Saxena एक पूरा दिन आज नहीं धन आशातीत कहीं से पाया‚ ना हीं बिछड़े साजन ने आ गले लगाया। शत्रु …

There is always nostalgia about the country we left long ago. Even as we wade our way through alien society and land, heart often pines for good old Home. Here is a poem of this nostalgia from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar – Rajiv Krishna Saxena रे प्रवासी जाग रे प्रवासी‚ जाग‚ …

A lover departed, gone for ever in the world yonder. The one left behind has only memories and a feeling of gratitude that they were at least together once. Here is a lovely poem of Agyeya – Rajiv Krishna Saxena प्राण तुम्हारी पदरज फूली प्राण तुम्हारी पदरज फूली मुझको कंचन …