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बिजलियों को अपनी चमक दिखाने की इतनी जल्दी मचती थी कि अपनी आवाजें पीछे छोड़ आती थीं आवाजें आती थीं पीछा करतीं अपनी गायब हो चुकी बिजलियों को तलाशतीं
टूटते तारों की आवाजें सुनाई नहीं देतीं वे इतनी दूर होते हैं कि उनकी आवाजें 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 चीज 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
Rama Breaks the Bow
This profound work captures a pivotal moment of destiny from the Ramayana, where the youthful Prince Rama draws the divine bow of Shiva. In this sacred instant, the tension of the string mirrors the weight of dharma, as Rama proves his celestial nature to the gathered assembly. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully imbues the scene with a sense of quiet grace, anchoring the divine within a recognizable, human architecture, and inviting the viewer to witness the transition from human prince to the prophesied hero of the ages.
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