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ख़त्म हुआ ईंटों के जोड़ों का तनाव प्लास्टर पर उभर आई हल्की-सी मुस्कान दौड़ी-दौड़ी चीटियाँ ले आईं अपना अन्न-जल फूटने लगे अंकुर जहाँ था तनाव वहाँ होने लगा उत्सव हँसी हँसी
हँसते-हँसते दोहरी हुई जाती है दीवार।
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
Varaha emerging from a heap of rocks
This exquisite rendering captures the profound moment of Varaha, the boar incarnation of Lord Vishnu, manifesting from the primordial earth. It reflects a period where traditional Indian artistry met the descriptive curiosity of the Company era, resulting in works that serve as both spiritual icons and ethnographic documentation. The artist displays a delicate hand in balancing the divine authority of the deity with a rhythmic, almost stylized geometry of the rocks beneath him, reminding us of the eternal power Vishnu holds over the chaotic depths of the cosmic ocean.
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