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Rachna by M.

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Domestic Scene with Man Smoking Hookah and Woman Sewing

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बाइसे-शौक आजमाते हैं

Baise-Shauk Ajmate Hain

Amitabh Tripathi ‘Amit’
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6 verses · ~1 min

बाइसे-शौक आजमाते हैं कितने मज़बूत अपने नाते हैं

रोज़ कश्ती सवाँरता हूँ मैं कुछ नये छेद हो ही जाते हैं

बाकलमख़ुद बयान था मेरा अब हवाले कहीं से आते हैं

जिनपे था सख़्त ऐतराज़ उन्हे उन्हीं नग़्मों को गुनगुनाते हैं

शम्मये-बज़्म ने रुख़ मोड़ लिया अब ’अमित’ अन्जुमन से जाते हैं

शब्दार्थ: बाइसे-शौक = शौक के लिये

इति

Amitabh Tripathi ‘Amit’

The Poet

अमिताभ त्रिपाठी 'अमित'

Amitabh Tripathi ‘Amit’

Domestic Scene with Man Smoking Hookah and Woman Sewing

Paired Painting

Domestic Scene with Man Smoking Hookah and Woman Sewing

This intimate portrait captures a quiet, rhythmic moment of domestic life in early twentieth century India. An elderly man, draped in traditional attire, finds a moment of stillness while drawing from his hookah, the curling smoke suggesting a pause in time. Meanwhile, a younger woman sits nearby, entirely focused on her needlework. The painting evokes the simple, profound dignity of rural existence during this era, where the hum of everyday labor and the scent of smoldering coals defined the sanctuary of the home. M. Muranjan masterfully portrays the texture of their quiet companionship, inviting us to witness the peace found in the shared silence of a household.

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If this held you

Four more, in the same key.

Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Baise-Shauk Ajmate Hain carries.