4 verses · ~1 min
इतिहास के बहुत से भ्रमों में से एक यह भी है कि महमूद ग़ज़नवी लौट गया था
लौटा नहीं था वह यहीं था
सैंकड़ों बरस बाद अचानक वह प्रकट हुआ अयोध्या में
सोमनाथ में उसने किया था अल्लाह का काम तमाम इस बार उसका नारा था जय श्रीराम।
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
Kaikeyi and Manthara
This poignant chromolithograph captures the fateful turning point in the Ramayana, where the maidservant Manthara whispers poison into the mind of Queen Kaikeyi. Within the opulent yet stifling chambers of the palace in Ayodhya, the drama of destiny unfolds. Manthara leans forward with urgent, cunning gestures, her face etched with malice and scheming ambition. Across from her, Queen Kaikeyi stands adorned in rich garments, holding a pearl necklace, momentarily caught between her natural grace and the insidious persuasion that will soon alter the course of empires. B. P. Banerjee masterfully translates this timeless literary tragedy into a visual masterpiece, reflecting the moral complexities and emotional depths of Indian epic mythology.
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