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Goddess Saraswati: The name Saraswati came from “saras” (meaning “flow”) and “wati” (meaning “she who has …”), i.e. “she who has flow” or can mean sara meaning “essence” and swa meaning “self”. So, Saraswati is symbol of knowledge; its flow (or growth) is like a river and knowledge is supremely alluring, like a beautiful woman. She is depicted as beautiful …

Alhad Bikaneri (17 May 1937 – 17 June 2009) was a renowned Hindi and Urdu poet of Hasya Ras (Humor) of India. His original name was Shyamlal Sharma. He was born on 17 May 1937 in a small village named Bikaner, Rewari district, Haryana, India. Honored with “Hasya Ratna” he is considered as one of the most famous Hindi humor …

Barsana (Mathura district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India) is the home village of Radha, and ‘Kanha Barsane main aayi jaiyo‘ is quite a famous geet about the teasing that goes on between Radha and Lord Krishna. Here hasya kavi Allhad Bikaneri has made a parody of this old song in the modern context. How things have changed! बुलाय …

We humans see the world and interpret it as per our mental capacities. We try to make a sense out of this world by giving many hypotheses. But reality remains beyond us, a matter of constant speculation. मैं ही हूँ प्रभु पुत्र आपका, चिर निष्ठा से चरणों में नित बैठ नाम का जप करता हूँ मैं हीं सिक्का खरा, कभी …

Mine is Gopal, the Mountain-Holder; there is no one else. On his head he wears the peacock-crown: He alone is my husband. Father, mother, brother, relative: I have none to call my own. I’ve forsaken both God, and the family’s honor: what should I do? I’ve sat near the holy ones, and I’ve lost shame before the people. I’ve torn …

सुब्रह्मण्य भारती (जन्म: 11 दिसम्बर, 1882 – मृत्यु: 11 सितम्बर, 1921) भारत के महान् कवियों में से एक थे, जिन्होंने तमिल भाषा में काव्य रचनाएँ कीं। इन्हें महाकवि भरतियार के नाम से भी जाना जाता है। भारती एक जुझारू शिक्षक, देशप्रेमी और महान् कवि थे। आपकी देश प्रेम की कविताएँ इतनी श्रेष्ठ हैं कि आपको भारती उपनाम से ही पुकारा …

Here is an old poem of Shamsher Bahadur Singh, in praise of ancient motherland India. शमशेर बहादुर सिंह (जन्म: 13 जनवरी, 1911 – मृत्यु: 12 मई, 1993) आधुनिक हिंदी कविता के प्रगतिशील कवि हैं। ये हिंदी तथा उर्दू के विद्वान हैं। प्रयोगवाद और नई कविता के कवियों की प्रथम पंक्ति में इनका स्थान है। इनकी शैली अंग्रेज़ी कवि एजरा पाउण्ड …

Albert Einstein said about him, “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood”. What a phenomenon our Father of the nation was! He took on an empire about which it was said that the “sun never sets on it”, and lead a whole subcontinent to freedom. That too while …

Parents play a very important role in every child’s life. We seldom get opportunities to thank our parents in public. But there may be events and occasions or any kind of celebration when you really want to show your gratitude towards your parents. If you ever wondered how to thank parents through speech; these thank you speeches for parents would …

माँ की ममता जब मैं छोटी बच्ची थी, माँ की प्यारी दुलारी थी, माँ तो हमको दूध पिलाती, माँ भी कितनी भोली-भाली। माखन-मिश्री घोल खिलाती, बड़े मज़े से गोद में सुलाती, माँ तो कितनी अच्छी है, साड़ी दुनिया उसमें है। ∼ सुप्रीता झा