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मेरे मित्र मेरे एकान्त सस्मित और शान्त कितने सदय हो सुनते हो मन की टोका नहीं कभी रोका भी नहीं कभी तुम्हारे साथ जो पल बीते सम्बल है उनका हम रहे जीते
मेरे मित्र मेरे एकान्त आज बहुत थका सा लौटा हूँ भ्रमण से पदचाप सुनता हूँ कल्पित विश्रान्ति का या अपनी भ्रान्ति का
मेरे मित्र मेरे एकान्त जानते हो! केवल एक तुम ही मेरे एकालाप को सुनते हो बिन-उकताये इसीलिये बार-बार दुनिया से हार-हार शरण में आता हूँ
मेरे प्रिय सुहृद मेरे एकान्त क्या तुम मुझे नहीं रख सकते सदैव अपने अंक में कोलाहल से दूर जहाँ मैं सो लूँ एक नींद जो फिर न खुले
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
Brahmacharis
Brahmacharis stands as a magnificent testament to Amrita Sher Gil's artistic homecoming, painted in Simla in 1937 after her formative years steeped in European academic tradition. Here, she turned her gaze toward the soil and souls of her motherland, finding a profound visual poetry in the quiet dignity of young Indian students of religious life. The composition arranges five young men and boys in varying postures of repose, clad in pristine white dhotis against a brooding, earthy red backdrop. Through masterful handling of form and subdued color harmonies, Sher Gil strips away sentimental exoticism to reveal the genuine humanity, vulnerability, and spiritual searching within each figure. The central youth, marked with a sacred tilak, anchors the emotional gravity of the scene, while the surrounding figures embody the gentle rhythms of traditional Indian existence. This painting marks a pivotal moment where Western painterly technique bowed in deep reverence to Indian subjects, forever transforming the landscape of modern South Asian art.
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