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Here is a famous poem of Bhawani Prasad Mishra Ji. There is not much tradition of storytelling in modern Hindi poetry, but this is an exception. The old and abandoned old forte that has now been taken over by the Nature, has a story to tell. I recall that Akashvani …

Love that graced life is now gone but what does it still means to me? Here is a poem that has all the right metaphors. Rajiv Krishna Saxena तेरे बिन जैसे सूखा ताल बच रहे या कुछ कंकड़ या कुछ काई, जैसे धूल भरे मेले में चलने लगे साथ तन्हाई, …

There are many poems on Geeta-Kavita that express nostalgia about village life and a wistful glance back to years of childhood spent in the free atmosphere in villages. Here is a contrary view point. Why should one return to village? There is a justification for staying put in cities after …