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नैहर की सुधि आई, हो गंगिया नैहर की सुधि आई! बिछुड़ गईं सब बारी भोरी! संग सहिलियां आपुन जोरी ऊँचे परवत जनमी काहे नीचे बहि आई!
उछल-बिछल, बल खाइत, विरमत खेलत आँख-मिचौली वन घाटिन में दुकि इठलाइत, खिलि-खिल संग सहेली नीर भरी छल-छल छलकाइत, पल-पल मुड़ि-मुड़ि देखति . बियाकुल लहर हिलोरत पल पल कइसन समुझाई!
परवत पितु की गोद, हिमानी आँचल केरी छाया, इहाँ तपत तल, बहत निमन मन सहत,छीन भई काया . सिकता सेज, अगम पथ आगिल, नगर-गाम वन अनगिन, गंगिया री अति दूर समुन्दर कइसन सहि पाई!
इति
The Poet
प्रतिभा सक्सेना
Pratibha Saxena
Dr. Pratibha Saxena holds a distinct and vital place in contemporary Hindi literature. Her work connects the rigorous intellectual demands of academia with the sensitive realities of human relationships. Born on February 9, 1938, in Madhya Pradesh, her life path took her from the lecture halls of Kanpur, where she worked as an educator, to a diasporic existence in the United States. This geographical shift is highly visible in her diverse literary output, which includes poetry, short stories, and satire. In collections like Uttar Katha and Seema Ke Bandhan, she examines the modern domestic sphere. She highlights the subtle constraints placed upon women and the shifting dynamics of family life with deep psychological insight. Her language carries a quiet and confident thoughtfulness that never shouts but still commands complete attention. Saxena has spent decades enriching Hindi literature, demonstrating that a writer can remain deeply rooted in their native culture while living far from home.
Paired Painting
Shantanu and Ganga
This profound canvas brings to life a haunting moment from the Mahabharata, where the celestial river goddess Ganga walks into the rushing waters with her newborn infant, fulfilling an ancient divine curse. King Shantanu, desperate and bewildered, chases helplessly along the rocky riverbank, his outstretched hand pleading for mercy as the boundary between mortal grief and cosmic destiny shatters before our eyes. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully captures the complex emotional landscape of the scene, contrasting the serene, otherworldly detachment of Ganga with the frantic anguish of the mortal king, all rendered under a turbulent twilight sky.
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