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अपराध यूँ ही नहीं बढ़ता है हर बच्चा बूढ़ों की आँखों में अपराध की इबारत साफ़-साफ़ पढ़ता है।
वह इबारत पानी की तरह सतह पर हमें अपना चेहरा दिखती ऐ, और जहाँ भी गड्ढे देखती है ठहर-ठहर जाती है। उसमें एक बहाव है और एक खिंचाव भी।
यह इबारत हमारी कृतज्ञ है कि हम उसे मिटाते नहीं। क़ैदी की तरह कितना भी छटपटाएँ अपने को उसके घर से मुक्त कर पाते नहीं।
समय की शिला पर वरण-फूल नहीं अब यही इबारत लोहे की टाँकी से लिख दी गई है, ताकि जो भी इधर से गुज़रे शर्म से मरे या न मरे एक बार अपने को अफ़लातून ज़रूर अनुभव करे।
इति
The Poet
जगदीश गुप्त
Jagdish Gupta
1924 · 2001
Jagdish Gupta was a defining architect of the Nayi Kavita or New Poetry movement, a pivotal era that completely reshaped the landscape of Hindi literature. Born in 1924, he refused to let modern Hindi verse stagnate in the predictable rhythms of older romantic traditions. Alongside literary giants like Ramswaroop Chaturvedi, he founded the highly influential journal Nayi Kavita in 1954, providing a vital platform for a new generation of experimental voices. Gupta wrote with a profoundly visual intellect, drawing deeply from classical mythology and ancient Indian aesthetics to explain the anxieties and fragmentation of the modern world. His poetry masterfully balances deep intellectual rigor with delicate emotional nuance. Recognized with the Bharat Bharati Award in 1998, he passed away in 2001, leaving behind a monumental legacy. He taught Hindi poetry how to look at the complexities of the contemporary age without ever losing its sense of classical beauty.
Paired Painting
Dushasan Vadh
This poignant and dramatic artwork captures one of the most intense and emotionally charged moments of the Mahabharata war, the slaying of Dushasana by Bheema. Driven by the sacred vow to avenge the unspeakable humiliation suffered by Draupadi in the royal court, Bheema stands victorious and fierce on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The imagery evokes a profound sense of divine justice and moral retribution, reminding humanity that adharma, no matter how powerful it temporarily seems, ultimately faces a reckoning. The turbulent sky and the chaotic mass of soldiers in the background amplify the tragic grandeur of a fratricidal war that forever altered the spiritual landscape of Bharat.
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