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ये और आया है एक हल्ला, जो बच सकें तो कहो कि बचिए जो बच न पायें तो क्या करूँ मैं, जो बच गये तो बहुत समझिए सुकवि की मुश्किल को कौन समझे, सुकवि की मुश्किल सुकवि की मुश्किल किसी ने उनसे नहीं कहा था कि आइए आप काव्य रचिए ।
(1959)
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
A Dry Feast
Hemendranath Mazumdar was universally celebrated for his breathtaking mastery of academic realism, particularly his ability to capture light, texture, and delicate human and animal forms with startling lifelike precision. In this delightful and intimate interior scene, the artist turns his discerning eye away from his usual portraits of royal ladies to observe the playful antics of mischievous kittens inside an artist studio. Pouncing around paintbrushes, a discarded palette, and an unpainted canvas, the young felines discover a strange feast of dried fish, turning the quiet, contemplative space of artistic creation into a moment of chaotic, endearing life. Mazumdar infuses the scene with tenderness and humor, celebrating the simple joys of observation that underpin all great art.
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