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भूख से आँते सिकुड़ कर हो गईं छोटी दिमाग आ गया नजदीक बिल्कुल पेट के
रोशनियों ने लौटना शुरू किया अपने स्रोतों की और
पृथ्वी पड़ गई दुविधा में बाएँ से दाएँ घूमे या दाएँ से बाएँ या हो जाए स्थिर
सितारों का टूटना शुरू हुआ आँतों में ठीक नाभि के नीचे ब्लैकहोल
फैल रहा अंतरिक्ष की तरह दिमाग खाली पेट में।
इति
The Poet
नरेश सक्सेना
Naresh Saxena
1939 · 2001
Naresh Saxena holds a singular and fascinating position in contemporary Hindi literature as a man who brought the exactitude of science into the heart of poetry. Born in 1939 in Gwalior and trained as an engineer, he did not publish his first poetry collection, Samudra Par Ho Rahi Hai Baarish, until he was sixty one years old. Yet, his literary presence had already been firmly established through decades of publication in prestigious journals. Saxena writes with a unique physiological and environmental awareness. He constructs his poems not out of abstract romanticism, but from the physical mechanics of the natural world and the complex realities of modern survival. His language is spare, precise, and completely devoid of unnecessary ornamentation. Alongside his poetry, he is an acclaimed playwright whose drama Aadmi Ka Aa has been staged thousands of times, and a filmmaker who won a National Film Award for his directorial work. He demonstrates that a poet does not need to abandon the rational world to understand the human soul.
Paired Painting
Flood Dear Flood
In this haunting masterpiece, Bikash Bhattacharjee captures the visceral desolation of life in Bengal, where the recurring floods are both a natural occurrence and a metaphor for systemic neglect. The juxtaposition of the iconic red pillar box, a symbol of colonial bureaucracy, against the mud, water, and human struggle, evokes a deep sense of alienation. The figures emerge from the water with expressions of stoic endurance, reflecting the artist's profound empathy for the common person trapped within an indifferent administrative landscape. It is a work of social realism, rendered with a surrealist touch that transforms the mundane into the tragic, inviting the viewer to contemplate the fragile intersection of state presence and human survival.
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