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जिन्दगी इक तलाश है, क्या है? दर्द इसका लिबास है क्या है?
फिर हवा ज़हर पी के आई क्या, सारा आलम उदास है, क्या है?
एक सच के हजार चेहरें हैं, अपना-अपना क़यास है, क्या है
जबकि दिल ही मुकाम है रब का, इक जमीं फिर भी ख़ास है, क्या है
राम-ओ-रहमान की हिफ़ाजत में, आदमी! बदहवास है, क्या है?
सुधर तो सकती है दुनियाँ, लेकिन हाल, माज़ी का दास है, क्या है
मिटा रहा है जमाना इसे जाने कब से, इक बला है कि प्यास है, क्या है?
गौर करता हूँ तो आती है हँसी, ये जो सब आस पास है क्या है?
इति
The Poet
अमिताभ त्रिपाठी 'अमित'
Amitabh Tripathi ‘Amit’
Amitabh Tripathi 'Amit' belongs to a rare class of contemporary Hindi poets who write to hold up an unflinching mirror to society. His verse is stripped of complex academic jargon and strikes directly at the center of modern Indian realities. In works like his celebrated poem "Bas Itna Sa Samachar Hai" (This is All the News There Is), Tripathi captures the everyday ironies, widespread corruption, and moral compromises of the present age with devastating precision. He dismantles hollow idealism and gives a powerful voice to the common man navigating a broken system. To read Amitabh Tripathi is to be awakened from civic slumber. His poems are not merely complaints; they are urgent pleas for a return to collective conscience and integrity.
Paired Painting
King Janaka of Mithila
King Janaka stands as an eternal archetype of the philosopher king, a ruler who mastered the delicate balance between the duties of a sovereign and the detachment of a sage. In this delicate portrait, we witness the monarch not merely as a worldly power, but as a man of profound inner contemplation. His posture, seated in a meditative repose, reflects his legendary association with the Yoga Vasishtha, a text that underscores the sovereignty of the mind. He wears the royal crown, yet holds the prayer beads with a gentle grip, signifying that his true dominion lies within his spiritual focus. He remains a beacon of wisdom in the tradition of Mithila, reminding all who gaze upon him that true leadership begins with self mastery.
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