Accepting the demand of step-mother Kaikeyi for a 14 year banvaas, Ram along with wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, made abode in the forest of Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh. One day Lakshmana saw from a distance, Bharat approaching with an army and thought that he wanted to kill Ram in order to permanently get the kingdom of Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh, India). In …
Read More »Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Old Classic Poem about Himalayas मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल!
Here is excerpt from 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. मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल!: रामधारी सिंह दिनकर मेरे नगपति! मेरे विशाल! …
Read More »जनतंत्र का जन्म: रामधारी सिंह दिनकर
In view of the current crusade of Anna Hazare against corruption, this poem about the power of masses becomes a must read. Dinkar Ji wrote this beautiful poem when India became a Republic on January 26, 1950. India‘s population was 33 Crores that time. From now on, it would be the meek people of the land who would collectively rule this …
Read More »दिवाली के त्यौहार पर कविता: आई रे आई दिवाली
आई रे आई दिवाली पटाखे तोहफे लायी दिवाली दिल को खुश करने आई दिवाली आई रे आई दिवाली आई रे आई दिवाली मज़े करते हुए बच्चे देखो मम्मी का ना पापा का डर है स्कूल का ना टीचर का डर है बल्ब फूल लगते पापा मंदिर सजाती देखो मम्मी बच्चे हैं खेलते कूदते पटाखों में एकदम मस्त हैं खाना देखो …
Read More »बुलाय गई राधा प्यारी: अल्हड़ बीकानेरी हास्य कविता
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 …
Read More »राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना की धार्मिक कविता: मैं ही हूं
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 …
Read More »Mine Is Gopal: Meerabai Devotional Poem
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 …
Read More »गंगा मैया हो एक भाई दे दो: बहन की भगवान से प्रार्थना
Gender Discrimination: Gender based discrimination against female children is pervasive across the world. It is seen in all the strata of society and manifests in various forms. As per the literature, female child has been treated inferior to male child and this is deeply engraved in the mind of the female child. Some argue that due to this inferior treatment …
Read More »The Elephant: Short English Nursery Rhyme on Elephant
Elephant is a very big animal. It lives in the forest however it is a pet animal also. Some people keep it at home as a pet animal in order to earn money through circus. It is also kept in the zoo in order to enhance the glory of zoo as well as interest of kids. It has a big …
Read More »रमजान का महिना: रमजान के रोजों पर हिंदी कविता
मुस्लिम समुदाय का पवित्र महीना रमजान शुरू हो गया है। आज चांद दिखाई दे गया है। कल पहला रोजा रखा जाएगा। रमजान की तैयारियां घरों में चल रही हैं। बाजार में लोग रोजा इफ्तार और सहरी के लिए खरीदारी कर रहे हैं। इस महीने में भगवान की दी हर नेमत के लिए अल्लाह का शुक्र अदा किया जाता है। महीने के बाद शव्वाल की पहली …
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