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व्यंग्य मत बोलो। काटता है जूता तो क्या हुआ पैर में न सही सिर पर रख डोलो। व्यंग्य मत बोलो।
अंधों का साथ हो जाये तो खुद भी आँखें बंद कर लो जैसे सब टटोलते हैं राह तुम भी टटोलो। व्यंग्य मत बोलो।
क्या रखा है कुरेदने में हर एक का चक्रव्यूह कुरेदने में सत्य के लिए निरस्त्र टूटा पहिया ले लड़ने से बेहतर है जैसी है दुनिया उसके साथ होलो व्यंग्य मत बोलो।
भीतर कौन देखता है बाहर रहो चिकने यह मत भूलो यह बाज़ार है सभी आए हैं बिकने राम राम कहो और माखन मिश्री घोलो। व्यंग्य मत बोलो।
इति
The Poet
सर्वेश्वरदयाल सक्सेना
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
1927 · 1983
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena completely rejected the notion that serious poetry required an elitist vocabulary. Born in 1927 in the Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, he became one of the most accessible and beloved voices of the Nayi Kavita movement. As the prominent editor of the children's magazine Parag and a key figure at the literary journal Dinamaan, Saxena possessed an incredibly rare ability to speak directly to the rural heartland while maintaining razor sharp political intelligence. His poetry collections, such as the Sahitya Akademi Award winning Khunti Par Tange Log, confront the disillusionment of post independence India, governmental apathy, and the quiet struggles of the peasantry. He wrote about rivers, forests, and village folk not with romantic nostalgia, but with a fierce and protective realism. Saxena passed away in 1983, but his words remain permanently etched into the consciousness of the Indian middle class. He proved that true literary greatness lies not in speaking above the people, but in walking directly beside them.
Paired Painting
The Death of Abhimanyu
This profound painting captures one of the most heartbreaking episodes of the Mahabharata war, the tragic last stand of young Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna and Subhadra. Trapped within the formidable chakravyuha military formation, stripped of his chariot, and heavily outnumbered by the greatest warriors of the Kaurava army, the brave prince refuses to surrender. Wielding a chariot wheel as a shield and weapon, he stands defiantly amidst chaos, dust, and fallen steeds. Giampaolo Tomassetti portrays this moment with immense reverence and visceral energy, highlighting the agonizing sorrow and transcendent heroism of a noble youth facing his destined end.
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