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अशोक अंजुम

Ashok Anjum

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

22
Compositions
6
Rasas
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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.

9 compositions

  1. 01सयानी बिटियाSayani Bitiya8 versesRead →
  2. 02गोली की मेहरबानीGoli Ki Meharbani6 versesRead →
  3. 03प्रेम की, सचाई की, बोलियाँ ही गायब हैंPrem Ki, Sachai Ki, Boliyan Hi Gayab Hain7 versesRead →
  4. 04आँसूAansu6 versesRead →
  5. 05सभी रिश्तों से औ’ दीवारो दर से दूर रखता हैSabhi Rishton Se Au Deewaro Dar Se Door Rakhta Hai6 versesRead →
  6. 06हर लेती हैं बेटियाँHar Leti Hain Betiyan13 versesRead →
  7. 07द्वार पर साँकल लगाकर सो गएDwar Par Sankal Lagakar So Gaye9 versesRead →
  8. 08वक़्त जीवन में ऐसा न आये कभीWaqt Jeevan Mein Aisa Na Aaye Kabhi4 versesRead →
  9. 09दुनिया को नई राह दिखने के वास्तेDuniya Ko Nai Raah Dikhane Ke Vaste5 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.

4 compositions

  1. 01खिड़कियों की साजिशों सेKhidkiyon Ki Sajishon Se3 versesRead →
  2. 02करे कोशिश अगर इंसान तो क्या क्या नहीं मिलताKare Koshish Agar Insan To Kya Kya Nahi Milta5 versesRead →
  3. 03हौसला भी उड़ान देता हैHausla Bhi Udaan Deta Hai6 versesRead →
  4. 04करे कोशिश अगर इन्सान तो क्या-क्या नहीं मिलताKare Koshish Agar Insan To Kya Kya Nahin Milta5 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.

3 compositions

  1. 01वो मुझको आँख भरकरWo Mujhko Aankh Bharkar8 versesRead →
  2. 02हर एक राज़ कह दिया बस एक जवाब नेHar Ek Raaz Kah Diya Bas Ek Javab Ne5 versesRead →
  3. 03तेरा हर लफ्ज़ मेरी रूह को छूकर निकलता हैTera Har Lafz Meri Rooh Ko Chookar Nikalta Hai5 versesRead →

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.

3 compositions

  1. 01ज़िन्दगी का ज़िन्दगी से वास्ता जिंदा रहेZindagi Ka Zindagi Se Vasta Jinda Rahe5 versesRead →
  2. 02बड़ी मासूमियत से सादगी से बात करता हैBadi Masoomiyat Se Sadgi Se Baat Karta Hai6 versesRead →
  3. 03जिंदगी का जिंदगी से वास्ता जिंदा रहेZindagi Ka Zindagi Se Vasta Zinda Rahe5 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.

2 compositions

  1. 01चल उठ नेताChal Uth Neta5 versesRead →
  2. 02जो खींच रहे माल उन्हीं का वसंत हैJo Kheench Rahe Maal Unhi Ka Vasant Hai7 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.

1 composition

  1. 01धमकियाँ हैंDhamkiyan Hain6 versesRead →