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शून्य होकर बैठ जाता है जैसे उदास बच्चा
उस दिन उतना अकेला और असहाय बैठा दिखा शाम का पहला तारा काफ़ी देर तक नहीं आये दूसरे तारे और जब आये तब भी
ऐसा नहीं लगा पहले ने उन्हें महसूस किया है या दूसरों ने पहले को!
इति
The Poet
भवानीप्रसाद मिश्र
Bhawani Prasad Mishra
1913 · 1985
Bhawani Prasad Mishra possessed a poetic voice that felt less like literature and more like a quiet conversation with a wise friend. Born in 1913 in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, he chose to write with such absolute linguistic simplicity that his verses could be understood by a scholar and a farmer alike. He was a committed Gandhian who lived his philosophy, dedicating much of his life to education and the constructive programs of the independence movement. Mishra famously declared that a poet must write in the exact language that he speaks. Collections like Buni Hui Rassi, which earned him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972, and the iconic poem Geetfarosh, capture the compromises and quiet endurance of everyday life with deep warmth. He wrote hundreds of poems espousing Gandhian values, rejecting the artificial complexities that often distanced modern poetry from the masses. When he passed away in 1985, he left behind a legacy of absolute authenticity. He proved that poetry does not need to shout to be heard; it only needs to tell the truth.
Paired Painting
The Birth of Shakuntala
This profound work depicts a pivotal moment in the epic tale of Shakuntala, born from the union of the sage Vishwamitra and the celestial nymph Menaka. The painting captures the raw emotion of the encounter in the tranquil forest, where the sage, consumed by his spiritual duty and the weight of his ascetic path, entrusts the infant to the care of the divine mother. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully balances the human fragility of the babe with the stoic, conflicted grace of the parents. Through his brush, the artist invites us to witness a moment of divine abandonment and parental sorrow, grounding a complex mythological event in the tender, relatable reality of human heartbreak and celestial responsibility.
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