करुणा· Karuna
01सारे सिकंदर घर लौटने से पहले ही मर जाते हैं
Sare Sikandar Ghar Lautne Se Pehle Hi Mar Jate Hain
Geet Chaturvedi
4 verses · ~31 lines · 2 min
3 verses · ~1 min
बीत गए दिन फूल खिलने के।
होती हैं केवल वनस्पतियाँ हरी-हरी-सी हर गली हर मोड़ पर बैठी मौत अपनी बाँह फैलाकर। बर्फ़-सा जमता हुआ हर शख़्स चुप्पियों में क़ैद हैं साँसें, समय की नंगी सलीबों पर गले में अटकी हुईं फाँसें, लिख रहे हैं लोग कविताएँ नींद की ज्यों गोलियाँ खाकर। बीत गए दिन अब हवाओं में गन्धकेतु हिलने के फूल खिलने के।
ढोती है काले पहाड़ दृष्टियाँ सूर्य झर गए, दृश्य घाटी में गहरे उतर गए, बीत गए दिन उठी बाँहों से बाँहों के मिलने के फूल खिलने के।
इति
The Poet
ओम प्रभाकर
Om Prabhakar
1935 · 2005
Om Narayan Awasthi, known to the literary world as Om Prabhakar, was born in 1941. He carved a unique space for himself by moving fluidly across the boundaries of Hindi poetry, Urdu ghazals, and critical literature. While many poets confined themselves to a single tradition, Prabhakar merged the lyricism of the ghazal with the grounded vocabulary of modern Hindi verse. His writing acts as a quiet rebellion against political apathy and social decay. Rather than relying on loud sloganeering, his poems and ghazals use understated irony to expose the contradictions of contemporary life. He also produced significant literary criticism, including works analyzing major figures like Mohan Rakesh. His verses speak directly to the ordinary individual navigating an increasingly fragmented society. He stands as a bridge between the classical poetic heritage and the urgent realities of the modern Indian experience.
Paired Painting
Sunset in the Caucasus Mountains
Ilya Nikolaevich Zankovsky poured his deep fascination with rugged topography and atmospheric majesty into his depictions of the Caucasus. This painting captures a fleeting twilight where the eternal snows of towering mountain peaks catch the dying embers of the sun. The artist uses confident brushwork and a subtle interplay of warm and cool tones to evoke the profound silence and spiritual solitude of the high peaks, bearing witness to the immense scale of nature.
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If this held you
Four more, in the same key.
Chosen for their rasa and their register, not their popularity. Each one carries some part of what Drishya Ghati Mein carries.
