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सत्ता पर काबिज होने को कट-मर जाते दल आज सियासत- सौदेबाजी जनता में हलचल
हवा चुनावी, आश्वासन के लड्डू दिखलाए खलनायक भी नायक बनकर संसद पर छाए
कैसे झूठ खुले- अँजुरी में भरते गंगा-जल
लाद दिये पिछले वादों पर और नये कुछ वादे चिंताओं का बोझ जिन्दगी कोइ कब तक लादे
जिये-मरे ये काम न आये, बेमतलब, बेहल
वही चुनावी मुद्दा लेकर वे फिर घर आए मन को छूते बदलावों के सपने दिखलाए
हैं प्रपंच, ये पंच स्वयं के कैसे-कैसे छल
इति
The Poet
अवनीश सिंह चौहान
Avaneesh Singh Chauhan
1972 · 2010
Avaneesh Singh Chauhan represents a fresh and necessary voice in contemporary Hindi literature, particularly in his efforts to revitalize traditional lyrical forms for a modern audience. Born in 1979 in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, he has dedicated his literary career to the Navgeet movement and the adaptation of Haiku into the Hindi language. He does not write from the isolation of an ivory tower. Instead, his poetry addresses the environmental decay, social fragmentation, and rural displacement that define twenty-first-century India. Chauhan serves as the executive editor of the literary journal Naye Purane, where he actively fosters dialogue between established literary figures and emerging writers. Through his poetry and critical essays, he proves that ancient poetic rhythms can perfectly articulate the anxieties of the modern world. He is a careful observer of everyday life, using short verse and melodic compositions to document the quiet realities that often escape mainstream attention.
Paired Painting
The Death of Shishupala
This profound work captures the climactic moment where the divine grace of Lord Krishna finally reaches its limit. After enduring one hundred insults from his cousin Shishupala, as promised to his aunt, Krishna releases the Sudarshana Chakra. The painting serves as a somber meditation on the inevitability of divine justice (it depicts the chaotic tension of the Rajasuya Yajna assembly where arrogance is met with cosmic retribution). Ravi Varma masterfully balances the architectural grandeur of the Indraprastha pavilion with the explosive, kinetic energy of the spinning discus, freezing the moment of transition from worldly discourse to eternal dharma.
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