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ऋतुराज

Rituraj

Every composition by this voice held in the archive, laid out in full and grouped by the rasa it carries.

22
Compositions
5
Rasas
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शान्त

Shanta

The rasa that arrives after the others have spoken. Not emptiness but settlement, the water clear because it has stopped being stirred, wanting nothing further from the hour.

10 compositions

  1. 01किशोरी अमोनकरKishori Amonkar4 versesRead →
  2. 02रास्ताRasta9 versesRead →
  3. 03एक बार में सब कुछEk Baar Mein Sab Kuch5 versesRead →
  4. 04परिसरParisar7 versesRead →
  5. 05लौटनाLautna15 versesRead →
  6. 06दर्शनDarshan3 versesRead →
  7. 07शरीरShareer5 versesRead →
  8. 08सेवाग्रामSevagram7 versesRead →
  9. 09फलकFalak9 versesRead →
  10. 10कभी इतनी धनवान मत बननाKabhi Itni Dhanwan Mat Banna5 versesRead →

करुणा

Karuna

The rasa of grief kept in good order. Not wailing, the quieter labour after: setting the cup back on its shelf, folding what will not be worn again, learning the exact weight of a name.

7 compositions

  1. 01सामानSamaan7 versesRead →
  2. 02जब हम नहीं रहेंगेJab Hum Nahi Rahenge6 versesRead →
  3. 03पाँवों के निशानPaavon Ke Nishan13 versesRead →
  4. 04माँ का दुखMaa Ka Dukh4 versesRead →
  5. 05माँ का दुःखMaa Ka Dukh4 versesRead →
  6. 06कन्यादानKanyadaan4 versesRead →
  7. 07लहरLahar1 verseRead →

हास्य

Hasya

The rasa of the tilted glance. Comedy here is not decoration but diagnosis, the poet lets the world overhear itself, and the pretension collapses of its own weight.

2 compositions

  1. 01कोडCode12 versesRead →
  2. 02नागार्जुन सरायNagarjun Sarai9 versesRead →

रौद्र

Raudra

The rasa of the refusal that will not soften. Fury here has grammar and aim, the wound that learned to speak, the injustice that declines to be reasonable about itself.

2 compositions

  1. 01ज्ञानीजनGyanijan6 versesRead →
  2. 02राजधानी मेंRajdhani Mein5 versesRead →

वीर

Veera

The rasa of the step taken anyway. Courage in this key is unglamorous and precise: the vow spoken before the odds are counted, the standing that costs something and is done quietly.

1 composition

  1. 01छात्रावास में कविता-पाठChhatrawas Mein Kavita-Paath5 versesRead →