
समाधि
Samadhi
Geet Chaturvedi
4 verses · ~8 lines · 1 min
№ MMXXVI
RACHNA · A LIVING ARCHIVE
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1 verses · ~1 min
मेरी देह से मिट्टी निकाल लो और बंजरों में छिड़क दो मेरी देह से जल निकाल लो और रेगिस्तान में नहरें बहाओ मेरी देह से निकाल लो आसमान और बेघरों की छत बनाओ मेरी देह से निकाल लो हवा और यहूदी कैम्पों की वायु शुद्धकराओ मेरी देह से आग निकाल लो, तुम्हारा दिल बहुत ठंडा है
इति
The Poet
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
The Universal Form of Krishna
This profound image depicts the climactic revelation of the Bhagavad Gita, where Lord Krishna unveils his infinite Vishvarupa to his devoted friend, Arjuna, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. It captures the terrifying and glorious moment where time and eternity collide. As Arjuna stands in humble, trembling prayer upon his chariot, he witnesses the entirety of the cosmos housed within the divine form. The painting invites the viewer to contemplate the smallness of human ego against the backdrop of an all encompassing reality that births, sustains, and ultimately consumes all existence.
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If this held you
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Panchatatva carries.