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मेघ आये बड़े बन ठन के, सँवर के – सर्वेश्वर दयाल सक्सेना

Monsoon rains have a special and magical link with the hearts of Indians. It never fails to move us. Here is a lovely interpretation. Sarveshwer Dayal Ji have linkened the advancing clouds to a charismatic visitor returning from city to village after a year – Rajiv K. Saxena मेघ आये …

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पीर मेरी कर रही ग़मग़ीन मुझको– वीरेंद्र मिश्र

Missing you is most painful

We have problems with our life that sadden us. However, if we see others who have far bigger problems, we realize that our problems are not that big after all! Here is an old classic from Virendra Mishra. Please read the poem loudly and slowly, to really enjoy it. Rajiv …

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जब तुम आओगी – मदन कश्यप

Husband missing wife in empty home

A husband misses his wife when she with kids goes to her mother’s home. The empty home looks strange and alien. It feels as if everything in the home eagerly awaits the return of the woman of the house! This beautiful poem of Madan Kashyap describes the husband’s state of …

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यह दिल खोल तुम्हारा हँसना – गोपाल सिंह नेपाली

Here is a lovely poem for a lover by the well-known poet Gopal Singh Nepali. Rajiv Krishna Saxena यह दिल खोल तुम्हारा हँसना प्रिये तुम्हारी इन आँखों में मेरा जीवन बोल रहा है बोले मधुप फूल की बोली, बोले चाँद समझ लें तारे गा–गाकर मधुगीत प्रीति के, सिंधु किसी के …

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कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले लूँ – हरिवंश राय बच्चन

Love requires great deal of efforts and full involvement. It exhausts the lovers. Then if one has to go through the whole process again! It is very difficult to revisit the old lanes and by lanes of love. Rajiv Krishna Saxena कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले लूँ कैसे भेंट तुम्हारी ले …

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सबसे अधिक तुम्हीं रोओगे – राम अवतार त्यागी

Who would be most distresed

All of us have gone through those very private moments when we meet some one with whom we have a very special binding and who may care the most for us in this world. While others may be vocal and demonstrative but that special relationship is beyond words and can …

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उँगलियाँ थाम के खुद – कुंवर बेचैन

Expectations do not get realized in life, more often than they do. Here is a nice depiction by Kunwar Bechain. The poem especially seems to point to failed expectations from children when they grow up. Rajiv Krishna Saxena उँगलियाँ थाम के उँगलियाँ थाम के खुद चलना सिखाया था जिसे राह …

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याद आती रही – प्रभा ठाकुर

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। …

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कवि का पत्र प्रेमिका को – बालस्वरूप राही

कवि का पत्र प्रेमिका को – बालस्वरूप राही

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 …

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ब्याह की शाम – अजित कुमार

A bride all dressed up to get merried. An arranged marriage so there must be uncertainity about the life to follow.  What is she thinking as the night of grand ceremonies approaches? Some excitement, some apprehensions and regrets… Read this lovely poem by Ajit Kumar. The poem is so intensely …

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