Tag Archives: Helplessness Poems for Children

परशुराम की प्रतीक्षा: रामधारी सिंह दिनकर – A just society does not occur spontaneously. It has to be nurtured and protected with valor. Here is a poem so characteristic of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Compare with his other works like “Shakti Aur Kshma“, “Vijayi Ki Sadrish Jiyo Re” and Rashmirathi in this collection. Before the contemporary poem evolved as an expression …

Children’s Day Special Poem: Birthday of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Don’t hate me for who I am. Don’t hit me or shove me around, Don’t make me beg for alms today, Don’t kick my blossoming dreams to ground. Don’t stick me to walls with the MISSING sign, Don’t nip me in the bud for your gains, Don’t rape me. Don’t …

प्रताप की प्रतिज्ञा: श्याम नारायण पांडेय – Man Singh, a Rajput, ( “Maan” in first line of third stanza) had aligned with Emperor Akbar of Delhi and had attacked Rana Pratap’s kingdom of Mewar. Rana Pratap kept fighting and resisting this assault. His velour and that of his legendary horse “Chetak” has been immortalized by famous poet Shyam Narayan Pandey in …

पीथल और पाथल: कन्हैयालाल सेठिया – You may have read Shyam Narayan Pandey’s classic epic “Haldighati”. Three excerpts from that great work are available on this site. Many readers had asked me to include a Rajasthani classic poem on the same theme by the great poet Kanhaiyalal Sethia, but I could not find that poem any where. Fortunately one reader …

चेतक की वीरता – महाराणा प्रताप के घोड़े चेतक की यशोगाथा गाती श्याम नारायण पाण्डेय की कविता। श्यामनारायण पाण्डेय का जन्म आजमगढ के डुमराँव गाँव में हुआ। इन्होंने काशी से साहित्याचार्य किया। पाण्डेयजी वीर रस के अनन्य गायक हैं। इन्होंने चार महाकाव्य रचे, जिनमें ‘हल्दीघाटी और ‘जौहर विशेष चर्चित हुए। ‘हल्दीघाटी में महाराणा प्रताप के जीवन और ‘जौहर में रानी …

Here is another excerpt from “” the great Veer-Ras Maha-kavya penned by Shyam Narayan Pandey. Here is a description of a soldier fighting for the Motherland. वीर सिपाही: वीर रस कविता भारत-जननी का मान किया, बलिवेदी पर बलिदान किया अपना पूरा अरमान किया, अपने को भी कुर्बान किया रक्खी गर्दन तलवारों पर थे कूद पड़े अंगारों पर, उर ताने शर-बौछारों पर …

Edgar Albert Guest was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People’s Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. Labour Day Poem: They Earned The Right I knew Ket and Knudsen, Zeller, Zeder and Breer. I knew Henry Ford back …

Labour in India refers to employment in the economy of India. In 2012, there were around 487 million workers in India, the second largest after China. Of these over 94 percent work in unincorporated, unorganized enterprises ranging from pushcart vendors to home-based diamond and gem polishing operations. The organised sector includes workers employed by the government, state-owned enterprises and private …

There are dilemmas in life at every step. What to do? Which alternative to choose? And there are no authentic and correct answers. We must nonetheless make a choice. राह कौन सी जाऊं मैं: अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी चौराहे पर लुटता चीर‚ प्यादे से पिट गया वजीर‚ चलूं आखिरी चाल कि बाजी छोड़ विरक्ति रचाऊं मैं‚ राह कौन सी जाऊं मैं? …

राजनीतिज्ञ होने के साथ-साथ वाजपेयी एक अच्छे कवि और संपादक भी थे। वाजपेयी ने लंबे समय तक राष्ट्रधर्म, पांचजन्य और वीर-अर्जुन आदि पत्र-पत्रिकाओं का सम्पादन किया। मध्य प्रदेश के ग्वालियर में एक ब्राह्मण परिवार में 25 दिसंबर, 1924 को इनका जन्म हुआ। पुत्रप्राप्ति से हर्षित पिता कृष्ण बिहारी वाजपेयी को तब शायद ही अनुमान रहा होगा कि आगे चलकर उनका यह नन्हा बालक …