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उम्र भर का ये कारोबार रहा। इक इशारे का इन्तेजार रहा।
जान आख़िर को किस तरह बचती जो था क़ातिल वही क़रार रहा।
उसने वादा नहीं किया फिर भी उसकी सूरत पे ऐतिबार रहा।
जितने सच बोलने पड़े मुझको उतने झूँठों का कर्जदार रहा।
मुझको मौका नहीं मिला कोई मैं यक़ीनन ईमानदार रहा।
जिसका ख़ंजर तुम्हारी पीठ में है अब तलक वो तुम्हारा यार रहा।
फ़ैसला क़त्ल का दो टूक हुआ ख़ुद ही मक़्तूल जिम्मेदार रहा।
सोच लेना गु़रूर से पहले वक़्त पर किसका इख़्तियार रहा।
जब्त से काम लिया फिर भी ’अमित’ चेहरा कमबख़्त इश्तेहार रहा।
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
Nala and Damayanti
This poignant lithograph depicts a profound moment of exile from the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. King Nala and Princess Damayanti, having suffered immense hardship and the loss of their kingdom, find a brief sanctuary in the deep woods. While Damayanti rests her weary head upon Nala, the dark, ethereal form of Kali looms in the canopy above, representing the inescapable fate and malevolent influence that continues to haunt their steps. The Calcutta Art Studio masterfully blends Western illustrative techniques with the timeless emotional depth of Indian mythology, capturing the vulnerability of royalty reduced to mendicants, yet bound by enduring devotion.
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