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फिर हवा बहने लगी कहने लगीं वनराइयाँ काँपने फिर-फिर लगीं ठहरी हुई परछाइयाँ।
थरथराने से लगे कुछ पंख अपने नीड़ में एक छाया छू मुझे उड़, खो गई किसी भीड़ में ताल फिर हिलने लगा, फटने लगी फिर काइयाँ।
एक भटकी नाव धारा पर निरखती दीठियाँ प्रान्तरों को चीरतीं फिर इंजनों की सीटियाँ अब कहाँ ले जाएंगी यायावरी तनहाइयाँ।
भीत पर अंकित दिनों के नाम फिर हिलने लगे डायरी के पृष्ठ कोरे फड़फड़ा खुलने लगे उभरने दृग में लगीं पथ की नमी गहराइयाँ।
इति
The Poet
रामदरश मिश्र
Ramdarash Mishra
1924 · 2021
Born in 1924 in the village of Dumari in Gorakhpur, Ramdarash Mishra represents a profound synthesis of rural consciousness and high academic rigor. He did not let his extensive education at Banaras Hindu University or his tenure as a professor at the University of Delhi detach him from the village roots that first shaped his worldview. Over a career spanning more than eighty books, Mishra wrote poetry, novels, memoirs, and critical essays that explored the shifting realities of Indian society. His poetry collections, such as Pak Gai Hai Dhoop, speak with the quiet authority of a man who has observed the changing seasons of human relationships. He was honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2015 and the Saraswati Samman in 2021. Mishra possesses a rare literary longevity, consistently producing work that avoids artificial complexity in favor of unpretentious, deeply felt truth. He gave the Hindi literary world a voice that is both intellectually expansive and beautifully rooted in the earth.
Paired Painting
Gypsies
In Gypsies, painted in 1893, Raja Ravi Varma steps away from his celebrated mythological deities and royal portraits to capture the quiet dignity and poignant vulnerability of a nomadic family. The artist portrays a mother holding her infant while strumming a simple stringed instrument, accompanied by two other children sitting near humble belongings against a stone architectural backdrop. Through his masterful application of European academic realism combined with an unmistakable Indian soul, Varma elevates the ordinary struggles of itinerant life into a timeless human reflection on resilience, poverty, and grace.
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