5 verses · ~1 min
उतरो, उतरो, ऐ बादल! जैसे उतरता है माँ के सीने में दूध बच्चे के ठुनकने के साथ
हवाओं में सुगंध बिखेरो पत्तों को हरियाली दो धरती को भारीपन कविता को गीत दो
ऐ आषाढ़ के बादल! बीज को वृक्ष दो वृक्षों को फूल दो फूल को फल दो
बहुत उमस है मेढ़क को स्वर दो पखियारी को उडा़न दो जुगनू को अंधेरा!
जल्दी करो, मेरे यार! भूने जाते चने की तरह फट रहे किसानों को अपनी चमक से थोड़ी गमक दो और थोड़ा नमक भी ।
इति
The Poet
श्रीप्रकाश शुक्ल
Shriprakash Shukla
Shriprakash Shukla is an eminent voice in contemporary Hindi literature who draws his creative energy directly from the cultural roots of rural India. Born in 1965 in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, he serves as a professor at Banaras Hindu University. His poetry and critical essays stand as a powerful defense of local traditions against the homogenizing forces of modern globalization. Collections like Boli Baat and Ret Mein Aakritiyan showcase his deep understanding of ordinary people, their spoken dialects, and their everyday struggles. He does not write from a place of academic detachment. Instead, he approaches poetry with the sensitivity of someone who feels the pulse of the changing agrarian landscape. Honored with prestigious awards including the Naresh Mehta Samman and the Vijaydev Narayan Sahi Samman, Shukla writes to preserve the fading memories of rural life. He reminds readers that true literary beauty often resides in the unfiltered, unpolished realities of the village courtyard.
Paired Painting
Bhairavi as Shamashan Kali in the Devotee's Vision
This exceptionally powerful miniature captures a profound mystical encounter within the desolate expanse of a cremation ground. Goddess Bhairavi manifests in the vision of an accomplished spiritual seeker, radiating an intense divine energy that transcends ordinary perception. Seated amidst rising pyre smoke, skeletal remains, and wandering jackals, the fiery red deity embodies the fierce aspect of liberation, dissolving fear and ego. Beside her, a devoted ascetic sits in quiet reverence, utterly transfixed by the terrifying yet sublime spectacle of the Divine Mother. Every brushstroke invokes the deep esoteric traditions of Tantra, where the cremation ground becomes the ultimate stage for spiritual awakening and transcendence.
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