करुणा· Karuna
01दिवंगत पिता के प्रति
Divangat Pita Ke Prati
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
12 verses · ~37 lines · 2 min
8 verses · ~2 min
कुछ घटता चला जाता है मुझमें उनके न रहने से जो थे मेरे साथ
मैं क्या कह सकता हूँ उनके बारे में, अब कुछ भी कहना एक धीमी मौत सहना है।
हे दयालु अकस्मात् ये मेरे दिन हैं? या उनकी रात?
मैं हूँ कि मेरी जगह कोई और कर रहा उनके किये धरे पर ग़ौर? मैं और मेरी दुनिया, जैसे कुछ बचा रह गया हो उनका ही उनके पश्चात्
ऐसा क्या हो सकता है उनका कृतित्व- उनका अमरत्व - उनका मनुष्यत्व- ऐसा कुछ सान्त्वनीय ऐसा कुछ अर्थवान जो न हो केवल एक देह का अवसान?
ऐसा क्या कहा जा सकता है किसी के बारे में जिसमें न हो उसके न-होने की याद?
सौ साल बाद परस्पर सहयोग से प्रकाशित एक स्मारिका, पारंपरिक सौजन्य से आयोजित एक शोकसभा:
किसी पुस्तक की पीठ पर एक विवर्ण मुखाकृति विज्ञापित एक अविश्वसनीय मुस्कान!
इति
The Poet
कुंवर नारायण
Kunwar Narayan
1927 · 2017
Kunwar Narayan possessed a poetic vision that operated across centuries, seamlessly connecting ancient Indian mythology with the deep anxieties of modern existence. Born in 1927 in Faizabad, he was a pivotal voice in the Nayi Kavita movement. He was a thinker of immense patience, sometimes taking decades to complete a single work. His masterpiece Atmajayee reimagined the Kathopanishad, using the mythological character of Nachiketa to explore the existential terrors of death and the search for ultimate truth. He wrote in a highly meditative, unhurried tone, rejecting loud ideological slogans in favor of quiet philosophical inquiry. Honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jnanpith Award, he passed away in 2017. He was a writer of profound intellectual integrity, proving that literature achieves its highest purpose when it attempts to answer the fundamental questions of the human soul.
Paired Painting
Portrait of Sadriddin Ainy
This portrait captures a quiet, profound moment in the life of the Tajik national hero and polymath Sadriddin Ainy. Ainy was a man who endured great personal sorrow, losing his parents to a cholera epidemic in his youth, yet he rose to become a foundational figure in Central Asian literature and education. The artist portrays him in an intimate setting, bathed in the soft, focused light of a desk lamp, suggesting the solitary devotion of a scholar lost in contemplation. The atmosphere is heavy with the weight of history, reflecting both his intellectual rigour and the melancholic endurance of a man who devoted his soul to the preservation of culture amidst times of profound change.
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If this held you
Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Unke Pashchat carries.
