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दुष्यंत कुमार

Dushyant Kumar

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

40
Compositions
7
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.

9 compositions

  1. 01अब तो पथ यही हैAb To Path Yahi Hai4 versesRead →
  2. 02उसे क्या कहूँUse Kya Kahoon3 versesRead →
  3. 03घंटियों की आवाज़ कानों तक पहुंचती हैGhantiyon Ki Awaaz Kaanon Tak Pahunchti Hai7 versesRead →
  4. 04यह क्योंYeh Kyon3 versesRead →
  5. 05मत कहो आकाश में कोहरा घना हैMat Kaho Aakash Mein Kohra Ghana Hai4 versesRead →
  6. 06धर्मDharma1 verseRead →
  7. 07सूर्यास्त: एक इम्प्रेशनSuryast: Ek Impression4 versesRead →
  8. 08नज़र-नवाज़ नज़ारा बदल न जाए कहींNazar-Nawaz Nazara Badal Na Jaaye Kahin7 versesRead →
  9. 09मुक्तकMuktak5 versesRead →

शृंगार

Shringara

The rasa of nearness and its long shadow. Not only the meeting, also the waiting that precedes it, the doorway watched all evening, the way a room rearranges itself around one absent person.

8 compositions

  1. 01मेरे स्वप्न तुम्हारे पास सहारा पाने आयेंगेMere Swapn Tumhare Paas Sahara Paane Aayenge9 versesRead →
  2. 02दो पोज़Do Poz2 versesRead →
  3. 03तूने ये हरसिंगार हिलाकर बुरा कियाTune Ye Harsingar Hilakar Bura Kiya7 versesRead →
  4. 04अफ़वाह है या सच है ये कोई नही बोलाAfwaah Hai Ya Sach Hai Ye Koi Nahi Bola5 versesRead →
  5. 05मैं जिसे ओढ़ता-बिछाता हूँMain Jise Odhta-Bichata Hoon7 versesRead →
  6. 06फिर कर लेने दो प्यार प्रियेPhir Kar Lene Do Pyar Priye4 versesRead →
  7. 07प्रेरणा के नामPrerana Ke Naam7 versesRead →
  8. 08तुमको निहरता हूँ सुबह से ऋतम्बराTumko Niharata Hoon Subah Se Ritambhara5 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.

8 compositions

  1. 01कुण्ठाKuntha2 versesRead →
  2. 02चीथड़े में हिन्दुस्तानCheethde Mein Hindustan7 versesRead →
  3. 03कहाँ तो तय था चराग़ाँ हर एक घर के लियेKahan To Tay Tha Charaghan Har Ek Ghar Ke Liye6 versesRead →
  4. 04सूचनाSoochana1 verseRead →
  5. 05ये सारा जिस्म झुककर बोझ से दुहरा हुआ होगाYe Sara Jism Jhukkar Bojh Se Duhra Hua Hoga1 verseRead →
  6. 06मेरी कुण्ठाMeri Kuntha2 versesRead →
  7. 07आग जलती रहेAag Jalti Rahe1 verseRead →
  8. 08अपाहिज व्यथाApahij Vyatha7 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.

7 compositions

  1. 01गांधीजी के जन्मदिन परGandhiji Ke Janmadin Par4 versesRead →
  2. 02आज सडकों परAaj Sadkon Par6 versesRead →
  3. 03मापदण्ड बदलोMapdand Badlo4 versesRead →
  4. 04हो गई है पीर पर्वतHo Gayi Hai Peer Parvat-Si5 versesRead →
  5. 05तीन दोस्तTeen Dost3 versesRead →
  6. 06इस नदी की धार में ठंडी हवा आती तो हैIs Nadi Ki Dhar Mein Thandi Hawa Aati To Hai6 versesRead →
  7. 07कुछ भी बन बस कायर मत बनKuch Bhi Ban Bas Kayar Mat Ban4 versesRead →

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.

4 compositions

  1. 01टेपा सम्मेलन के लिए ग़ज़लTepa Sammelan Ke Liye Ghazal13 versesRead →
  2. 02इनसे मिलिएInse Miliye14 versesRead →
  3. 03तुलनाTulna4 versesRead →
  4. 04होली की ठिठोलीHoli Ki Thitholi13 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. 01अब किसी को भी नज़र आती नहीं कोई दरारAb Kisi Ko Bhi Nazar Aati Nahi Koi Darar8 versesRead →
  2. 02तुम्हारे पाँव के नीचे कोई ज़मीन नहींTumhare Paav Ke Neeche Koi Zameen Nahi7 versesRead →

अद्भुत

Adbhuta

The rasa of the widened eye. Scale undoes us gently here: the world proves larger than the sentence built for it, and the poem's finest achievement is to stay astonished.

2 compositions

  1. 01गीत का जन्मGeet Ka Janm2 versesRead →
  2. 02कौन यहाँ आया थाKaun Yaha Aaya Tha4 versesRead →