हम देहरी-दरवाज़े !

The poem evokes a somber and cynical atmosphere of institutional decay, grounded in a stagnant, karuna-infused landscape where the remnants of feudal authority have curdled into bureaucratic indifference. A visual representation would show a desolate courtroom with an empty, ornate chair, juxtaposed against rotting wooden thresholds and the harsh, lonely glare of moonlight falling upon barren furniture rather than human comfort. Symbolism of the 'Gular flower'—an unseen, mythical blossom—highlights the tragic irony of a society waiting for a justice that remains perpetually out of reach, while the scattered, rotting symbols of power suggest a kingdom left to wither in its own legal paralysis. The overall tone is one of bleak, satiric resignation, mourning the collapse of ethical order and the hollow, ghostly persistence of a system that serves no one.

हम देहरी-दरवाज़े ! (Ham Dehari Darvaze), by Dinesh Singh runs to 22 lines across 7 stanzas, set as Five stanzas of varying lengths. Its governing rasa is Karuna, shaded by Shanta. The metre is free verse. Rhyme falls as irregular.

It belongs to the 1948 · 1970s span of Dinesh Singh's working life, and keeps the plain, spoken register that period is known for.

Read it for सामंती अवशेष और आधुनिक न्याय व्यवस्था की विफलता, सामाजिक विषमता, न्याय प्रणाली का खोखलापन and सत्ता और प्रजा का द्वंद्व. 2 words in it carry older or regional senses, so the poem rewards a second pass.

The verse is hung beside Draupadi Humiliated: The painting evokes a tense, agonizing atmosphere charged with raw vulnerability and moral outrage, capturing the exact moment Queen Draupadi lies prostrate on a marble palace floor after suffering a grievous public…