Tag Archives: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल! – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

My mountain king!

Here is an old classic from Dinkar, exhorting Himalaya the great snow-covered king of mountains (Nagpati), that stands tall and eternally on the north of Indian subcontinent, to save India from its decline. The poem seems to have been written while India was under captivity of the English. Rajiv Krishna …

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पक्षी और बादल – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

Birds and clouds

Borders between nations are man-made. Nature however has no regards for these borders. Dinker Ji puts is very well in this poem. Rajiv Krishna Saxena पक्षी और बादल पक्षी और बादल ये भगवान के डाकिये हैं, जो एक महादेश से दूसरे महादेश को जाते हैं। हम तो समझ नहीं पाते …

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कर्ण का कृष्ण को उत्तर (रश्मिरथी, अध्याय 3) – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

रश्मिरथी (Karna replies to Krishna: From III chapter)

Rashmirathi is quite a phenomenon in the world of Hindi poetry. Here is another excerpt from third chapter. Lord Krishna had failed to convince Duryodhana to avoid the war. Duryodhana had refused to give any thing back to Pandavas and Krishna had left after declaring that a war in now …

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मंजिल दूर नहीं है: रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

मंजिल दूर नहीं है – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

मंजिल दूर नहीं है वह प्रदीप जो दीख रहा है झिलमिल, दूर नहीं है थककर बैठ गये क्या भाई! मंजिल दूर नहीं है चिनगारी बन गयी लहू की बूंद गिरी जो पग से, चमक रहे, पीछे मुड़ देखो, चरण चिन्ह जगमग से। शुरू हुई आराध्य भूमि यह, क्लांत नहीं रे …

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गोरी बैठी छत पर – ओम प्रकाश आदित्य

गोरी बैठी छत पर – ओम प्रकाश आदित्य

Here is an old classic by Om Prakash Aditya. The situation is that a young woman is on the roof of a house trying to jump and kill herself. Om Prakash Aditya Ji describes the scene in style of many well known poets. Look at his genius and how well …

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अपराधी कौन – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

अपराधी कौन - रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

Who are the saboteurs of this Nation? Who are responsible for impeding our growth? In this excerpt from the famous book “Parushuram ki Prateeksha”, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar identifies some culprits. Rajiv Krishna Saxena अपराधी कौन घातक है, जो देवता–सदृश दिखता है लेकिन कमरे में ग़लत हुक्म लिखता है जिस पापी …

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विजयी के सदृश जियो रे – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

विजयी के सदृश जियो रे – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

World is run by people who live a life full of actions. Geeta teaches Karma-yoga to us. The same thought prevails in this poem by Dinkar. It is one of those poems that fill us with enthusiasm and a will to achieve some thing in life. Only Ramdhari Singh Dinkar …

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मानवता और धर्मयुद्ध (रश्मिरथी) – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

मानवता और धर्मयुद्ध (रश्मिरथी) - रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

Here is a gem taken from the all-time classic “Rashmirathi”. Dinkar Ji abhors the animal instincts that linger just under the surface of humanity. He abhors the glorification of war by the society. No right thinking human being would want the death and destruction that invariably occurs in a war, …

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रम्भा – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

रम्भा – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

This excerpt is from the famous epic “Urvashi” by Ramdhari Dinkar. Urvashi, the apsara is madly in love with the earth king “Pururava” to the extent that she wants to relocate from swarga to earth permanently and become an earth woman. Her friends Rambha, Sehjaney and Menaka are perplexed that …

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रात यों कहने लगा मुझसे गगन का चाँद – रामधारी सिंह दिनकर

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 …

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