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मेरे गीत तुम्हारे! ये अभाव के गान, किसी मानस की आकुल तान, व्यथा की क्षण-क्षण की अनुभूति, जहाँ पर आ कर बँधती! बात एक ही मेरी चाहे तेरी, जो पग-पग पर हारे! मेरे गीत तुम्हारे!
स्वप्निल पलकें खोल चले जग के रूखे आँगन में, वे जीवन के फूल जिन्हों ने मधु के दिवस न देखे बसने को पतझार चला जिन साँसोँ के कानन मे! वे अटके भटके से, बेबस जीवन के मारे, मेरे गीत तुम्हारे!
अधरों की मुस्कान, हृदय का क्रन्दन जहाँ मिलेँगे, करुणा-सिंचित कथा–कहानी, भले न मुख से फूटे, उस माटी मे गन्ध-विकल गीतोँ के फूल खिलेँगे! अश्रु-हास सुख-दुखमय जीवन चलता साथ तुम्हारे! मेरे गीत तुम्हारे!
मेरे स्वर ही मेरा परिचय, इतना-सा ही नाता, जगती की क्षणमयता और समय की लहरोँ मे भी एक यही संबंध जोड़ता मन से मन का नाता! हार गई जो अपनी बाजी लिखती नाम तुम्हारे मेरे गीत तुम्हारे!
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
Gypsies
Raja Ravi Varma possessed a profound ability to look past the surface of societal structures to find the quiet, universal dignity within the marginalized. In this moving work, he depicts a wandering family, a tableau of life lived on the periphery. The central figure, a mother, holds her sleeping infant with a gentle grace that transcends her circumstances: while the presence of the stringed instrument suggests that their journey is one defined by song and cultural preservation, despite the hardships of poverty. Varma captures the raw vulnerability of their existence, framed against a stoic stone background, reminding us that their humanity is as vivid and significant as that of the royalty he so often painted.
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