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Dr. Raj Kumar is a retired Indian professor of psychiatry. He is also a poet of an era bygone. I enjoyed hearing some of his poems in person. Here is a sample poem that exhorts those who left home in pursuit of riches, to return home. एक चिट्ठी, कुछ तस्वीरें लाया हूँ देखोगे? दिखलाऊँ? बूझोगे? बतलाऊँ? जानते हो क्या क्या …

Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907 – 1991) was an Indian poet. His epic Jauhar, depicting the self-sacrifice of Rani Padmini, a queen of Chittor, written in a folk style, became very popular in the decade of 1940-50. पंचदश सर्ग: सगपावस बीता पर्वत पर नीलम घासें लहराई। कासों की श्वेत ध्वजाएं किसने आकर फहराई? ॥१॥ नव पारिजात–कलिका का मारूत आलिंगन करता कम्पित–तन …

“If I’m to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling. God must be in my heart and on my lips. And if anything happens, you are not to shed a single tear.” – Gandhiji, January 28, 1948 They gathered round him where he lay Upon a bed of dewy flowers: A smile upon his …

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 …

Learn About Elephants: The elephant is the biggest living animal on the land. It looks dark grey and ugly also. It has four pillar-like legs, two very big ears, two small eyes, a small tail, two tusks and a long trunk. The trunk of the elephant is like the hand of man. It uses its trunk as a hand for …

A very powerful poem indeed. When we are young, we have dreams and aspirations. Most of these are never realized. Life passes on and suddenly one day we find ourselves exhausted, past our primes even as our dreams lay shattered. This sentiment is so beautifully captured by Gopal Das Neeraj in this classic poem. The poem was also adopted as …

For a thinking man, there are moments and phases when he realizes that his apprehensions of non-fulfillment of his desires are the cause of his constant prostration. Here is a rebellion from the well known poet Neeraj. अब तुम रूठो, रूठे सब संसार, मुझे परवाह नहीं है। दीप, स्वयं बन गया शलभ अब जलते जलते, मंजिल ही बन गया मुसाफिर …

This poem is quite in contrast to the previous one “Kaarvan Gujar Gaya” by Gopal Das Neeraj, even its answer in a way. Here is a more optimistic view on life. It exhorts us to take things in stride and carry on even if life brings onto us some nasty surprises. Another beautiful poem of Neeraj… छिप छिप अश्रु बहाने वालों, …

बाल मजदूरी बच्चों से लिया जाने वाला काम है जो किसी भी क्षेत्र में उनके मालिकों द्वारा करवाया जाता है। ये एक दबावपूर्णं व्यवहार है जो अभिवावक या मालिकों द्वारा किया जाता है। बचपन सभी बच्चों का जन्म सिद्ध अधिकार है जो माता-पिता के प्यार और देख-रेख में सभी को मिलना चाहिए, ये गैरकानूनी कृत्य बच्चों को बड़ों की तरह …

श्याम नारायण पाण्डेय (1907 – 1991) वीर रस के सुविख्यात हिन्दी कवि थे। वह केवल कवि ही नहीं अपितु अपनी ओजस्वी वाणी में वीर रस काव्य के अनन्यतम प्रस्तोता भी थे। आरम्भिक शिक्षा के बाद आप संस्कृत अध्ययन के लिए काशी चले आये। यहीं रहकर काशी विद्यापीठ से आपने हिन्दी में साहित्याचार्य किया। द्रुमगाँव (डुमराँव) में अपने घर पर रहते …