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निरख सखी ये खंजन आए फेरे उन मेरे रंजन ने नयन इधर मन भाए फैला उनके तन का आतप मन से सर सरसाए घूमे वे इस ओर वहाँ ये हंस यहाँ उड़ छाए करके ध्यान आज इस जन का निश्चय वे मुसकाए फूल उठे हैं कमल अधर से यह बन्धूक सुहाए स्वागत स्वागत शरद भाग्य से मैंने दर्शन पाए नभ ने मोती वारे लो ये अश्रु अर्घ्य भर लाए।
इति
The Poet
मैथिलीशरण गुप्त
Maithili Sharan Gupt
1886 · 1964
The title Rashtriya Kavi National Poet was conferred upon Maithili Sharan Gupt by Mahatma Gandhi, and it was the most accurate literary judgment the Mahatma ever made. At a moment in history when Hindi literature stood at a crossroads between a dying classical tradition and an uncertain modern one, Gupt performed a double act of rescue: he saved the dignity of Khari Boli as a medium worthy of serious literary ambition, and he recovered from the mythology of India the voices that centuries of male centered narrative had buried the Urmilas, the Yashodharas, the women who loved and suffered and persisted at the margins of the great epics while their husbands received all of history's attention. His Bharat Bharati, released in 1912, became the literary proclamation of national self consciousness at a moment when such proclamation was both desperately needed and politically dangerous. He did not write merely about India's past glory he used that past to locate a moral standard against which the present could be measured and found responsible. Gupt was a man of deep humility who built works of imperial scale. He stands at the very origin point of modern Hindi literature, the patriarch in whose shadow all subsequent poets grew.
Paired Painting
Varini
Varini captures a quiet, ethereal moment of communion between humanity and the natural world. Raja Ravi Varma, a master of bringing mythological and cultural narratives to life, depicts a serene woman standing amidst a lush forest landscape, accompanied by a swan. This work reflects the romantic sensibilities of the late nineteenth century, where classical elegance meets the vibrant spirit of the Indian landscape. The swan, often a symbol of grace and purity in Indian literature, mirrors the gentle poise of the subject. Through his mastery of light and shadow, Varma elevates this scene into an iconic vision of grace that has resonated with generations of Indian viewers who encountered his prints.
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