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मरे हए लोगों के इस शहर में हर आदमी अपने पुर्नजन्म को लेकर परेशान है
मरे हुए लोग मरे हुए लोगों में शामिल नहीं हैं उन्हें अपने मरने से परहेज है जबकि न जाने कितने पहले वे मर चुके हैं
मरे हुए लोगों के अपने झोले हैं अपनी टंगारी और अपनी तगाड़ी
सिर से पाँव तक उनके पास सूचनायें हैं और वे खुद एक सूचना हैं हमारे समय में डाकिये की तरह
कील जब कभी चुभती है उनके चेहरों पर खिंचता है एक तनाव उसे ढीला करने की वे करते हैं कोशिश और थोड़ी देर बाद खचिया भर मड़िया में उतराने लगते हैं
मरे हुए लोग जीने की आशा लिए लगातार मरते जा रहे हैं अपनी सारी बरक्कत के बावजूद इस पवित्र शहर में!
रचनाकाल: 12.01.2008
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
Dark and difficult was the Road
This profound work captures a somber moment from the great epic Mahabharata, illustrating Yudhishthira as he traverses the harrowing path toward the afterlife. Abanindranath Tagore, a pioneer of the Bengal School, masterfully renders the spiritual weight of this journey. The luminosity emanating from Yudhishthira contrasts with the grim, cavernous underworld filled with the remnants of mortality. It serves as a visual meditation on the burdens of duty, the solitude of the righteous, and the inevitable shadows one must face before reaching ultimate transcendence.
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