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पिता पचपन के हैं पैंसठ से ज़्यादा लगते हैं पच्चीस का भाई पैंतीस से कम का क्या इक्कीस का मैं तीस-बत्तीस का दिखता हूं
माँ-भाभी भी बुढ़ौती की देहरी पर खड़े बिल्कुल छोटी भतीजी है ढाई साल की लोग पूछते हैं पाँच की हो गई होगी
पता नहीं क्या है परिवार की आनुवांशिकता जीन्स डब्ल्यूबीसी हीमोग्लोबीन हार्मोन्स ऊतक फूतक सूतक क्या कम है क्या ज़्यादा
धूप में रखते हैं बदन का पसीना या पहले-चौथे ग्रह में बैठे वृद्ध ग्रह का कमाल चिकने चेहरों से भरी इस मुंबई नगरिया में मेरा ख़ानदान कितना संघर्षशील है सो असुंदर है
अभी कल ही तो भुजंग मेश्राम पूछकर गया था उम्र से अधिक दिखना औक़ात से अधिक दिखना होता है क्या?
अभी कल ही तो पूछ कर गया था भुजंग मेश्राम माईला… ये पचास साल का लोकतंत्र उन लोगों को कायको पांच हज़ार का है लगता?
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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
A Pathare Prabhu Wedding Ceremony
In this magnificent watercolour, Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar provides a rare and deeply personal glimpse into the traditions of his own Pathare Prabhu community. Created in 1944, the very year of the artist's passing, the painting serves as a final, loving tribute to the cultural fabric of old Bombay. Dhurandhar was a master of the Academic Realism taught at the Sir J.J. School of Art, yet here he transcends mere technical precision to capture the lived emotion of a wedding. Every figure is rendered with individual dignity, from the elders in their traditional red turbans to the women draped in lustrous silk sarees, each detail reflecting the unique social standing and heritage of the community. It is an invitation to witness a sacred transition, recorded by a man who understood these rituals not just as a painter, but as a devoted member of the family gathered there.
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