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बिजलियों को अपनी चमक दिउखाने की इतनी जल्दी मचती थी कि अपनी आवाज़ें पीछे छोड़ आती थीं आवाज़ें आती थीं पीछा करतीं अपनी गायब हो चुकी बिजलियों को तलाशतीं
टूटते तारों की आवाज़ें सुनाई नहीं देतीं वे इतनी दूर होते हैं कि उनकी आवाज़ें कहीं राह में भटक कर रह जाती हैं हम तक पहुँच ही नहीं पातीं
कभी-कभी रातों के सन्नाटे में चौंक कर उठ जाता हूँ सोचता हुआ कि कहीं यह सन्नाटा किसी ऐसी चीज़ के टूटने का तो नहीं जिसे हम हड़बड़ी में बहुत पीछे छोड़ आए हों!
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
Night Landscape with a Dome
Gaganendranath Tagore possessed a rare gift for capturing the mysterious soul of the night, moving far beyond mere representation into the realm of profound spiritual introspection. In this evocative nocturnal scene, a majestic dome rises against a starlit sky, illuminated by a delicate celestial glow that bathes the surrounding landscape in quiet reverence. Figures walk softly along a shadowed path, dwarfed by the immense stillness of the cosmos and the sacred architecture. The artist masterfully employs washes of dark ink and subtle color to create an atmosphere of haunting beauty, inviting the beholder to step into a world of nocturnal silence and meditative peace.
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