4 verses · ~1 min
खोंखियाते हैं, किंकियाते हैं, घुन्नाते हैं चुल्लु में उल्लू हो जाते हैं
मिनमिनाते हैं, कुड़कुड़ाते हैं सो जाते हैं, बैठ जाते हैं, बुत्ता दे जाते हैं
झांय झांय करते है, रिरियाते हैं, टांय टांय करते हैं, हिनहिनाते हैं गरजते हैं, घिघियाते हैं ठीक वक़्त पर चीं बोल जाते हैं
सभी लुजलुजे हैं, थुलथुल है, लिब लिब हैं, पिलपिल हैं, सबमें पोल है, सब में झोल है, सभी लुजलुजे हैं।
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
Draupadi Humiliated
This profound painting immortalizes one of the most agonizing episodes from the Virata Parva of the Mahabharata. Queen Draupadi, living in disguise as Sairandhri in the court of King Virata, suffers a grievous public insult at the hands of the arrogant commander Kichaka. Stripped of her royal protection in exile, she lies prostrate on the palace floor, her spirit bruised yet fiercely resilient. Raja Ravi Varma captures the raw anguish of the moment, contrasting Kichaka's insolence with the stunned silence and quiet helplessness of the assembled courtiers and royals seated upon the dais. Through masterful command of oil and canvas, the artist breathes deep emotional life into ancient scripture, forcing the viewer to bear witness to a profound test of dignity, justice, and cosmic order.
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