भयानक· Bhayanaka
01कुछ नहीं कहते
Kuch Nahin Kahte
Divik Ramesh
8 verses · ~9 lines · 1 min
3 verses · ~1 min
"वो इधर से निकला उधर चला गया" वो आँखें फैलाकर बतला रहा था- "हाँ बाबा, बाघ आया उस रात, आप रात को बाहर न निकलों! जाने कब बाघ फिर से बाहर निकल जाए!" "हाँ वो ही, वो ही जो उस झरने के पास रहता है वहाँ अपन दिन के वक़्त गए थे न एक रोज़? बाघ उधर ही तो रहता है बाबा, उसके दो बच्चे हैं बाघिन सारा दिन पहरा देती है बाघ या तो सोता है या बच्चों से खेलता है ..."
दूसरा बालक बोला- "बाघ कहीं काम नहीं करता न किसी दफ़्तर में न कॉलेज में" छोटू बोला- "स्कूल में भी नही ..."
पाँच-साला बेटू ने हमें फिर से आगाह किया "अब रात को बाहर होकर बाथरुम न जाना"
इति
The Poet
नागार्जुन
Nagarjun
1911 · 1998
Vaidyanath Mishra, universally known as Nagarjun, was a literary force of nature who absolutely refused to bow before power. Born in 1911 in the Darbhanga district of Bihar, he earned the title of Janakavi or the poet of the people through decades of unyielding progressive writing. He wrote in both Hindi and Maithili, winning the Sahitya Akademi Award for his Maithili collection Patrahin Nagna Gachh. Nagarjun was a restless traveler and a committed activist who actively participated in peasant movements and went to prison several times. His poetry is stripped of all artificial elegance. It speaks directly with the raw, biting anger of the hungry, the marginalized, and the exploited. Whether he was exposing political corruption or writing tenderly about the first rains on parched village earth, his words carried the undeniable scent of the soil. He died in 1998, but he remains the ultimate benchmark for resistance poetry in India. He proved that true poetry does not reside in the palaces of kings, but in the sweat and struggle of the common folk.
Paired Painting
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This painting captures the regal, yet melancholic presence of the tiger, a creature revered for centuries as the soul of the Indian wilderness. In this composition, the artist observes the beast not as a predatory force, but in a moment of quiet, heavy stillness. There is a profound sense of introspection in the tiger, with eyes wide and alert, reflecting a world that was changing during the colonial era. The interplay between the deep shadows of the forest and the warm, vibrant coat of the tiger serves as a reminder of the fragility of such magnificent beings, standing as silent witnesses to the deep mysteries of the jungle.
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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 Bagh Aya Us Rat carries.
