Tag Archives: Old Classic poems for Recitation

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! …

Here is an old classic poem that many of us have read in childhood. Poetess is the Late and Great Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. Many of her other very famous poems like “खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो झाँसी वाली रानी थी“ कोयल: सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान देखो कोयल काली है, पर मीठी है इसकी बोली। इसने ही तो कूक-कूक कर आमों में …

Here is a gem taken from the all-time classic “Rashmirathi”. Dinkar Ji abhors the animal instincts that linger just under the surface of humanity. He abhors the glorification of war by the society. No right thinking human being would want the death and destruction that invariably occurs in a war, but still at times war gets all out support from societies. …

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 …

Here is an old classic poem by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, who also wrote the evergreen poem – Jhansi Ki Rani. Her writing career unfortunately came to an early end as she died at the age of 42, in a road accident. That happened before the country attained freedom. That explains the last stanza of this poem where she says that …

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 …

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 …

It is said that the Mughals were humbled in victory that day at Haldighati and Rana obtained a glorious defeat. Man Singh narrowly escaped the spear of Rana. Mughals by far out numbers Rana’s men. Tired and wounded Rana was headed for a certain death. At that juncture, a valiant warrior in Rana’s army, named Jhala came to his rescue. …

नया दौर का एक यादगार गीत। फिल्म नया दौर आजादी के बाद देश में किस तरह के बदलाव आए और लोग किस तरह आधुनिकता की ओर अपने कदम बढ़ाने लगे थे, इसे भी समझाया गया था। यह फिल्म भारतीयों के संघर्ष की कहानी है, जिसे बखूबी पर्दे पर उतारा निर्देशक बी.आर. चोपड़ा ने. 1957 में आई इस फिल्म से सिनेमा …

Here is excerpt from a famous poem of Mahadevi Verma. Love takes root in the heart and suddenly the world looks so different! कौन मेरी कसक में नित मधुरता भरता अलक्षित? कौन प्यासे लोचनों में घुमड़ घिर झरता अपरिचित? स्वर्ण सपनों का चितेरा नींद के सूने निलय में! कौन तुम मेरे हृदय में? अनुसरण निःश्वास मेरे कर रहे किसका निरंतर? …