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वेद में जिनका हवाला हाशिए पर भी नहीं
Veda Mein Jinka Hawala Hashie Par Bhi Nahi
Adam Gondvi5 verses · ~1 min
वेद में जिनका हवाला हाशिए पर भी नहीं वे अभागे आस्था विश्वास ले कर क्या करें
लोकरंजन हो जहाँ शंबूक-वध की आड़ में उस व्यवस्था का घृणित इतिहास ले कर क्या करें
कितना प्रगतिमान रहा भोगे हुए क्षण का इतिहास त्रासदी, कुंठा, घुटन, संत्रास ले कर क्या करें
बुद्धिजीवी के यहाँ सूखे का मतलब और है ठूँठ में भी सेक्स का एहसास ले कर क्या करें
गर्म रोटी की महक पागल बना देती मुझे पारलौकिक प्यार का मधुमास ले कर क्या करें
इति
The Poet
अदम गोंडवी
Adam Gondvi
1947 · 2011
If poetry exists to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, Adam Gondvi was Hindi literature's most uncompromising voice. Born Ram Nath Singh on October 22, 1947, in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, he lived the quiet life of a farmer while writing verses of fierce revolutionary anger. Gondvi took the delicate and traditionally romantic form of the Urdu ghazal and turned it into a weapon. He used its strict meter to expose the hypocrisy of the caste system, the cruelty of feudal oppression, and the deep corruption within Indian politics. When he wrote that he would take the reader to the alleys of the Dalits, he was challenging mainstream literature to abandon its comfortable illusions and confront the starving reality of rural India. He rejected political patronage and lived his entire life in modest circumstances before passing away in 2011. Adam Gondvi remains the fearless conscience of the marginalized. His words strike with undeniable force.

Paired Painting
Mohini and Rugmangada
In this magnificent oil painting from 1899, Raja Ravi Varma breathes life into a compelling episode from Hindu mythology involving King Rugmangada and the celestial enchantress Mohini, who is actually Lord Vishnu in a feminine guise. The narrative revolves around intense tests of devotion, righteousness, and divine trials. King Rugmangada, renowned for his unwavering adherence to truth and vrata, finds himself ensnared in a divine test orchestrated by the gods. Mohini demands an unthinkable sacrifice to test his absolute devotion, leading to high dramatic tension depicted through the grief and astonishment of the courtiers and family members surrounding them. Varma masterfully freezes this moment of emotional turmoil, utilizing rich textures, glowing light, and classical European academic realism infused completely with Indian spiritual ethos.
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