Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 20 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 20) ☆ 

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. Presently, he is serving as Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He is involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

Captain Raghuvanshi is also a littérateur par excellence. He is a prolific writer, poet and ‘Shayar’ himself and participates in literature fests and ‘Mushayaras’. He keeps participating in various language & literature fests, symposiums and workshops etc. Recently, he played an active role in the ‘International Hindi Conference’ at New Delhi.  He presided over the “Session Focused on Language and Translation” and also presented a research paper.  The conference was organized by Delhi University in collaboration with New York University and Columbia University.

हिंदी साहित्य – आलेख ☆ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी सम्मेलन ☆ कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

In his naval career, he was qualified to command all types of warships. He is also an aviator and a Sea Diver; and recipient of various awards including ‘Nao Sena Medal’ by the President of India, Prime Minister Award and C-in-C Commendation.

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi is also an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.

His latest quest involves social media, which is filled with rich anonymous literature of nameless writers, shared on different platforms, like,  WhatsApp / Facebook / Twitter / Your quotes / Instagram etc in Hindi and Urdu, he has taken the mantle of translating them as a mission for the enjoyment of the global readers. Enjoy some of the Urdu poetry couplets as translated by him.

☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of  Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 20 ☆

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तुझको ही फुरसत न थी

किसी फसाने को पढ़ने की

मैं  तो  बिकता ही  रहा  तेरे

शहर में किताबों  की  तरह…!

You only had no time to  

to  read  any  parables…

Though I kept on selling

like books in your city…!

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कभी  उल्फत, तो  कभी नियत बदल  गई

खुदगर्ज जब हुए, तो फिर सीरत बदल गई

अपना  कुसूर, दूसरों  के  सर  पे डाल  कर

कुछ लोग सोचते हैं  कि हकीकत बदल गई

Sometimes  love changed,

Sometimes motives altered

When became self-centered,

then innate nature changed…

By attributing  own  guilt

on someone else’s head

Some people  think that

the reality has changed…

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कभी चुभ  जाती  है  बात

तो कभी तल्ख़ लहज़े  मारते  हैं

ये ज़िंदगी है, साहब! यहाँ गैरों से

कम, अपनों से  ज्यादा हारते हैं!

Sometimes  the  words hurt  you,

Sometimes the tone agonizes you

This is the life, dear! Here we lose

More  to loved  ones than outsiders!

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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈

Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Pandu’s sons”. )

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 50 ☆

☆ Pandu’s sons ☆

Cursed by Rishi Kindima

Into the realms of forest Pandu retired

The news of pregnant Gandhari

In him, the desire to have a son fired.

Seeing him desolate and murky

His dutiful wife, Kunti consoled

“For his wife to bear another man’s child,”

She said, “The law of Dharma allowed”.

“Let me call a Rishi,” said Pandu

“Let us call a Deva,” Kunti stated

Blessed by Rishi Durvasa, she had a boon;

The knowledge made Pandu elated.

Pleased by Kunti’s solution

First to be invoked was Lord Yama

She gave birth to Yudhishtra

Who would be the upholder of Dharma

Next to be summoned was the God of wind

Of all Gods, most powerful and mightiest

And thus was born courageous Bhima

Who, one day, would be the strongest

And then, blessings were sought

From Indra, King of all Devas, who ruled the sky

Arjuna, the valiant archer was born

He became Kunti’s favourite by and by

And then, Kunti could invoke no more

Four were the maximum allowed

Pandu thought for a few days and then

For Madri, his second wife, implored

The Ashwini twins were invoked for Madri

The Lord of morning and evening stars

Nakula, the handsomest man was born

Along with his twin, with knowledge of near and far

Pandu, thus had five sons

Together, they came to be as Pandavas known

Had wisdom of ‘King perfect’ collectively

Honesty, strength, skill, beauty and wisdom they honed

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

Pune, Maharashtra

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 19 सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 19 ☆ 

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. Presently, he is serving as Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He is involved in various Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing projects of national and international repute. He has got a long experience in the field of ‘Natural Language Processing’, especially, in the domain of Machine Translation. He has taken the mantle of translating the timeless beauties of Indian literature upon himself so that it reaches across the globe. He has also undertaken translation work for Shri Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, which was highly appreciated by him. He is also a member of ‘Bombay Film Writer Association’.

Captain Raghuvanshi is also a littérateur par excellence. He is a prolific writer, poet and ‘Shayar’ himself and participates in literature fests and ‘Mushayaras’. He keeps participating in various language & literature fests, symposiums and workshops etc. Recently, he played an active role in the ‘International Hindi Conference’ at New Delhi.  He presided over the “Session Focused on Language and Translation” and also presented a research paper.  The conference was organized by Delhi University in collaboration with New York University and Columbia University.

हिंदी साहित्य – आलेख ☆ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी सम्मेलन ☆ कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

In his naval career, he was qualified to command all types of warships. He is also an aviator and a Sea Diver; and recipient of various awards including ‘Nao Sena Medal’ by the President of India, Prime Minister Award and C-in-C Commendation.

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi is also an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.

His latest quest involves social media, which is filled with rich anonymous literature of nameless writers, shared on different platforms, like,  WhatsApp / Facebook / Twitter / Your quotes / Instagram etc in Hindi and Urdu, he has taken the mantle of translating them as a mission for the enjoyment of the global readers. Enjoy some of the Urdu poetry couplets as translated by him.

☆ गुमनाम साहित्यकार की कालजयी  रचनाओं का अंग्रेजी भावानुवाद ☆

(अनाम साहित्यकारों  के शेर / शायरियां / मुक्तकों का अंग्रेजी भावानुवाद)

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लोग  तलाशते  हैं  कि

कोई  तो  फिकरमंद  हो,

वरना कौन ठीक होता है

यूँ ही सिर्फ हाल पूछने से…

People  keep   searching  for    

someone who is worried, but then

How could  anyone ever get  fine

Just by inquiring his well-being!

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आये  हो  जो  आँखों  में

तो  कुछ  देर  ठहर जाओ,

एक  उम्र  गुजर  जाती है

यूँही एक ख्वाब सजाने में…

Now that you’ve come in eyes

then, stay there for a while,

An  epoch  passes  by  in

Realising  such  a   dream…!

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मेंरे जुनूँ का नतीजा

ज़रूर निकलेगा

इसी सियाह समुंदर से

नूर निकलेगा…

Result of my passion

Will definitely come out

From the same dark sea only

The effulgence shall emerge…

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 क्यूँ  कर  आरजू  करूँ  कि

तुम  मुझे  चाहोगे  उम्र  भर

इतना ही ऐतबार काफी है कि

ताउम्र भूल नहीं पाओगे तुम मुझे

Why  should  I  desire that  you

must love me throughout the life

The trust that you won’t be able

to forget me lifelong, is enough

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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈

Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Kunti’s Longing For Bheema ”. )

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 49 ☆

☆ Kunti’s Longing For Bheema ☆

“Where art thou, my dear child Bheema?

My brow stressful, heart sobs and weeps!

Have come back all my sons and nephews

Says Duryodhana, that he last saw you asleep….”

“Where art thou, my dear child Bheema?

My eldest Yudhishthira, so naive and innocent

Believes everyone to be as honest as he is

Did not, while returning, note that you are absent”

“Where art thou, my dear child Bheema?

Duryodhana, detests you and is spiteful too

Worry and anxiety make me a wreck

Has greed for the throne led him to kill you?”

“Where art thou, my dear child Bheema?

Says Vidura the wise, you have a life long

His reassurance, hardly of any help

Thoughts of anguish, my heart throng.”

“Where art thou, my dear child Bheema?

Pray, come and embrace me in your arms

I can’t even openly name the persons wrong

Hey Bheema! Entice me with your charms!”

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

Pune, Maharashtra

कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

(हम कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी द्वारा ई-अभिव्यक्ति के साथ उनकी साहित्यिक और कला कृतियों को साझा करने के लिए उनके बेहद आभारी हैं। आईआईएम अहमदाबाद के पूर्व छात्र कैप्टन प्रवीण जी ने विभिन्न मोर्चों पर अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर एवं राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर देश की सेवा की है। वर्तमान में सी-डैक के आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस और एचपीसी ग्रुप में वरिष्ठ सलाहकार के रूप में कार्यरत हैं साथ ही विभिन्न राष्ट्र स्तरीय परियोजनाओं में शामिल हैं।

स्मरणीय हो कि विगत 9-11 जनवरी  2020 को  आयोजित अंतरराष्ट्रीय  हिंदी सम्मलेन,नई दिल्ली  में  कैप्टन  प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी  को  “भाषा और अनुवाद पर केंद्रित सत्र “की अध्यक्षता  का अवसर भी प्राप्त हुआ। यह सम्मलेन इंद्रप्रस्थ महिला महाविद्यालय, दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय द्वारा न्यूयॉर्क विश्वविद्यालय, दक्षिण एशियाई भाषा कार्यक्रम तथा कोलंबिया विश्वविद्यालय, हिंदी उर्दू भाषा के कार्यक्रम के सहयोग से आयोजित  किया गया था। इस  सम्बन्ध में आप विस्तार से निम्न लिंक पर क्लिक कर पढ़ सकते हैं :

हिंदी साहित्य – आलेख ☆ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी सम्मेलन ☆ कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 18 सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 18 ☆ 

आज सोशल मीडिया गुमनाम साहित्यकारों के अतिसुन्दर साहित्य से भरा हुआ है। प्रतिदिन हमें अपने व्हाट्सप्प / फेसबुक / ट्विटर / यूअर कोट्स / इंस्टाग्राम आदि पर हमारे मित्र न जाने कितने गुमनाम साहित्यकारों के साहित्य की विभिन्न विधाओं की ख़ूबसूरत रचनाएँ साझा करते हैं। कई  रचनाओं के साथ मूल साहित्यकार का नाम होता है और अक्सर अधिकतर रचनाओं के साथ में उनके मूल साहित्यकार का नाम ही नहीं होता। कुछ साहित्यकार ऐसी रचनाओं को अपने नाम से प्रकाशित करते हैं जो कि उन साहित्यकारों के श्रम एवं कार्य के साथ अन्याय है। हम ऐसे साहित्यकारों  के श्रम एवं कार्य का सम्मान करते हैं और उनके कार्य को उनका नाम देना चाहते हैं।

सी-डैक के आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस और एचपीसी ग्रुप में वरिष्ठ सलाहकार तथा हिंदी, संस्कृत, उर्दू एवं अंग्रेजी भाषाओँ में प्रवीण  कैप्टन  प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी ने  ऐसे अनाम साहित्यकारों की  असंख्य रचनाओं  का कठिन परिश्रम कर अंग्रेजी भावानुवाद  किया है। यह एक विशद शोध कार्य है  जिसमें उन्होंने अपनी पूरी ऊर्जा लगा दी है। 

इन्हें हम अपने पाठकों से साझा करने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं । उन्होंने पाठकों एवं उन अनाम साहित्यकारों से अनुरोध किया है कि कृपया सामने आएं और ऐसे अनाम रचनाकारों की रचनाओं को उनका अपना नाम दें। 

कैप्टन  प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी ने भगीरथ परिश्रम किया है और इसके लिए उन्हें साधुवाद। वे इस अनुष्ठान का श्रेय  वे अपने फौजी मित्रों को दे रहे हैं।  जहाँ नौसेना मैडल से सम्मानित कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी सूत्रधार हैं, वहीं कर्नल हर्ष वर्धन शर्मा, कर्नल अखिल साह, कर्नल दिलीप शर्मा और कर्नल जयंत खड़लीकर के योगदान से यह अनुष्ठान अंकुरित व पल्लवित हो रहा है। ये सभी हमारे देश के तीनों सेनाध्यक्षों के कोर्स मेट हैं। जो ना सिर्फ देश के प्रति समर्पित हैं अपितु स्वयं में उच्च कोटि के लेखक व कवि भी हैं। वे स्वान्तः सुखाय लेखन तो करते ही हैं और साथ में रचनायें भी साझा करते हैं।

☆ गुमनाम साहित्यकार की कालजयी  रचनाओं का अंग्रेजी भावानुवाद ☆

(अनाम साहित्यकारों  के शेर / शायरियां / मुक्तकों का अंग्रेजी भावानुवाद)

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बहुत ही नादान है वो,

ज़रा समझाइए ना उसे,

बात न करने से कभी,

मोहब्बत कम नहीं होती…

She is too innocent,

Please explain to her that

Not talking to someone

Doesn’t reduce love for him!

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रूह से जुड़े रिश्तों पर

फरिश्तों के पहरे होते है

कोशिशें कर लो तोड़ने की

ये और भी गहरा जाते हैं…

Soul-related relationships

are guarded by the angels

If you try breaking them

they consolidate further…

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नींद लेने का मुझे ऐसा

कोई शौक भी नहीं

अगर तेरे ख्वाब न देखूँ

तो गुजारा भी नहीं होता…

Though not so very

fond of falling asleep…

But then can’t even live

without seeing your dreams

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छोटा सा लफ्ज है मुहब्बत

मगर तासीर है इसकी गहरी

गर दिल से करोगे इसे तुम

तो कदमों में होगी ये दुनिया सारी…

Love is a little word, though

But its effect is so deep

If you do it with all your heart

Whole world lies at your steps

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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

≈  Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈

Ms Neelam Saxena Chandra

(Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is a well-known author. She has been honoured with many international/national/ regional level awards. We are extremely thankful to Ms. Neelam ji for permitting us to share her excellent poems with our readers. We will be sharing her poems on every Thursday. Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra ji is  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Karna”. )

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 48 ☆

☆ Karna ☆

My parenthood unknown

Brought up by Adiratha, the charioteer

My energy, undaunted and boundless

Like a true Kshatriya, I know no fear

Revelled everyone at Arjuna’s valour

The greatest archer he is known

Display I did all feats like him

And yet, Drona’s face has a frown

‘A charioteer’s son,’ I am called

Do my merits have meaning none?

Are all the fights and battles

By the virtue of caste and birth won?

It is Duryodhana who stood by me

And in his act, has touched by heart

Made I am a warlord by him

And till the end, with him, I shall not part!

Even if the heavens fall upon me

And if I have to lead a life of misery and pain

Duryodhana’s side I shall not leave

Through summer’s heat and deluge of rains!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

Pune, Maharashtra