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हम ग़रीबी हटाने चले और उस समाज में जहाँ आज भी दरिद्र होना दीनता नहीं भारतीयता की पहचान है,
दासता विरोध है दमन का प्रतिकार है
हम ग़रीबी हटाने चले हम यानी ग़रीबों से नफ़रत हिकारत परहेज़ करनेवाले
हम गरीबी हटाते हैं तो ग़रीब का आत्म सम्मान लिया करते हैं
इसलिए मैं तो इस तरह ग़रीबी हटाने की नीति के विरूद्ध हूँ क्योंकि वही तो कभी-कभी अपने सम्मान की अकेली रचना रह जाती है ।
इति
The Poet
रघुवीर सहाय
Raghuvir Sahay
1929 · 1990
Raghuvir Sahay transformed the language of modern Hindi poetry by entirely removing its reliance on classical romanticism. Born in Lucknow in 1929, he worked as an influential journalist and served as the chief editor of the prominent weekly magazine Dinaman. This journalistic career fundamentally shaped his poetic voice. Sahay wrote about political disillusionment, middle-class hypocrisy, and the quiet tragedies of urban life with the precision of a reporter and the sensitivity of a master poet. Collections like Log Bhool Gaye Hain, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984, dissect the democratic failures of post-independence India. He refused to dress his anger in ornamental words. Instead, he used everyday conversational Hindi to confront readers with the harsh realities of power and powerlessness. Sahay died in 1990, leaving behind a stark and unsentimental body of work that continues to challenge the conscience of the nation. He proved that poetry does not need to be sweet to be profoundly moving.
Paired Painting
The Disrobing of Draupadi
This profound work depicts the most tragic and pivotal moment in the Mahabharata, the Vastraharan or the disrobing of Draupadi. We witness the agony of a virtuous queen subjected to the cruelty of the Kauravas in the royal court of Hastinapura. King Dhritarashtra sits helplessly above, surrounded by silent elders, while Dushasana attempts the unthinkable. The painting captures the raw emotional tension of this dark hour, standing as a testament to the fragility of dharma when confronted by unchecked hubris and greed. It serves as a somber reminder of the moral decay that eventually led to the cataclysmic Kurukshetra war.
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