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युवकजनों की है जान; ख़ून की होली जो खेली । पाया है लोगों में मान, ख़ून की होली जो खेली ।
रँग गये जैसे पलाश; कुसुम किंशुक के, सुहाए, कोकनद के पाए प्राण, ख़ून की होली जो खेली ।
निकले क्या कोंपल लाल, फाग की आग लगी है, फागुन की टेढ़ी तान, ख़ून की होली जो खेली ।
खुल गई गीतों की रात, किरन उतरी है प्रात की;- हाथ कुसुम-वरदान, ख़ून की होली जो खेली ।
आई सुवेश बहार, आम-लीची की मंजरी; कटहल की अरघान, ख़ून की होली जो खेली ।
विकच हुए कचनार, हार पड़े अमलतास के; पाटल-होठों मुसकान, ख़ून की होली जो खेली ।
यह कविता निराला जी ने 1946 के स्वाधीनता संग्राम में विद्यार्थियों के देश-प्रेम पर लिखी थी और यह गया से प्रकाशित साप्ताहिक 'उषा' के होलिकांक में मार्च 1946 में प्रकाशित हुई ।
इति
The Poet
सूर्यकांत त्रिपाठी "निराला
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
1899 · 1961
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala lived in the permanent condition of the truly original. He was frequently misunderstood by the very world he transformed. Born in Bengal but claiming Hindi as the medium of his revolution, he dismantled the metrical structures of classical Sanskrit based verse. He introduced what he called mukta chhand, or free verse, into a tradition that had never encountered it and was not at first grateful. His life was a sustained encounter with catastrophe. The plague took his wife, daughter, and brother in the same brutal sweep. Poverty pressed against him without mercy, and critical misunderstanding sometimes shaded into deliberate cruelty. Yet from within this suffering, he produced verse of such concentrated and terrible beauty that it reads not as the product of a broken man, but as the testimony of a spirit that had gone through fire and returned with the fire still alive inside it. His epic Ram Ki Shakti Puja remains one of the supreme poems in the Hindi language. It is a profound meditation on doubt, divine abandonment, and the final trembling choice to go on fighting. Nirala was not a comfortable figure, nor was he praised sufficiently in his lifetime. But he was, in the most absolute sense, free. That freedom cost him everything and produced everything. He remains the patron saint of the uncompromising.
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Battle of Haldighati
This profound work captures the ferocity and the soul of the Battle of Haldighati, a defining moment in the history of Rajasthan. Fought in 1576 between the forces of Maharana Pratap of Mewar and the Mughal emperor Akbar, it remains a symbol of indomitable spirit and resistance. Chokha brings the field to life, showing the swirling chaos of elephants, horses, and warriors engaged in a desperate struggle for land and honor. It is a painting that breathes with the dust of the battlefield, reflecting not just a tactical encounter, but the collective memory of a people who stood firm against overwhelming odds. The intricate detail reminds us of the heavy cost of pride and sovereignty in the rugged landscapes of the Mewar region.
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