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बालू के कण कण साथ ले चलो उड़ जा हारिल की नाईं सुबह हुई अब सपने छूटे उठ जा हरकारे की ठाईं।
ठोक पीटकर आकृति दे दो बांधो नदी नाव की खाईं जग जीतो सब लहरें गिन लो कर लो तट को वश में साईं ।
तेरे हाथों में है ताकत बढ़ो सृजन पथ माथ न दो तेरी मुटठी में दुनिया है बाधो हाथ विराम न दो ।
बालू गंगा का स्वरुप है गंगा क्या इतनी-सी, पर है बालू बालू में प्रवाह को किसने धारा दी, जी भर है ।
लेाग रहेंगे आते-जाते तन भर तुझको देखेंगे उठते-गिरते जो संभलेंगे मन भर तुमको भेटेंगें ।
इस या उस की बात नहीं है हर आकृति में तेरा बल है जो दुनिया से चलकर जाता तेरी नज़रों की हलचल है ।
रचनाकाल: 12.03.2008
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
Gangavatarana
This luminous work captures the profound and sacred moment of the descent of the river Ganga from the celestial realms to the earth. Bhagiratha stands in fervent prayer on the right, his tapasya having finally pleased the gods, while Lord Shiva stands majestically in the center, preparing to break the crushing force of the mighty river upon his matted locks. Above, the goddess Ganga descends in a soft, ethereal glow, her form luminous and fluid against the atmospheric sky. To the left, a devoted mortal woman and a gentle white Nandi witness the divine intervention with awe and reverence. Raja Ravi Varma masterfully bridges the gap between heavenly grandeur and earthly devotion, infusing the Puranic tale with a tangible sense of divine grace and spiritual awakening.
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