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कोशिश करता हूँ किसी भी अभिव्यक्ति से किसी को भी ठेस न पहुंचे
जिस पेशे में हूँ मैं वहां किसी गुनाह की तरह कठिन शब्दों को छाँट देता हूँ कठिन वाक्यों को बना देता हूँ सरल जबकि हालात दिन-ब-दिन और कठिन होते जाते मैं समय का संपादन नहीं कर पाता
कितना खुशकिस्मत हूँ एक जीवन में कितनी स्त्रियों का प्रेम मिला कितने मित्रों कितने बच्चों का प्रेम के हर पल में जन्म लेता हूँ पल-बढ़कर प्रेम की ही किसी आदिम गुफा में छिप जाता हूँ धीरे-धीरे मृत होता
कंधे झिड़क कहता हूँ ख़ुद से एक जीवन और चाहिए पाया हुआ प्रेम लौटने को
घृणा की वर्तनी में कोई ग़लती नहीं होती मुझसे नफ़रत में नुक्ता लगाना कभी नहीं भूलता
इति
The Poet
गीत चतुर्वेदी
Geet Chaturvedi
1977 · 2010
Geet Chaturvedi is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant and aesthetically ambitious voices of twenty first century Hindi literature. Born in 1977 in Mumbai and spending much of his creative life in Bhopal, he moves fluidly across poetry, fiction, and profound critical essays. His writing addresses the intense urban isolation, existential anxieties, and fragmented memories of the modern individual. Chaturvedi writes with a deeply cinematic and visual vocabulary. His celebrated poetry collections like Aalaap Mein Girah and Minimum Main capture the profound melancholies of contemporary life without ever losing their lyrical beauty. Awarded the prestigious Bharat Bhushan Agarwal Award, his work has been translated into numerous international languages, proving the global resonance of his themes. He demands complete intellectual engagement from his readers. He represents a generation of writers who confidently place Hindi literature in direct conversation with global literary movements while remaining firmly rooted in Indian realities.
Paired Painting
Ganesha Transcribing the Mahabharata
In the quiet sanctum of divine concentration, Lord Ganesha sits as the supreme scribe, immortalizing the epic of the Mahabharata as dictated by the sage Vyasa. The artist captures the elephant-headed deity with profound reverence, depicting him focused intently on his sacred task with a stylus in hand. Piled manuscripts and an inkpot surround him, while his loyal vahana, the small mouse, rests quietly nearby. Produced by the renowned Calcutta Art Studio, this chromolithograph brought traditional iconography into the homes of nineteenth-century devotees through the marvel of modern printmaking, bridging sacred devotion with accessible visual art.
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