English Literature – Poetry – ☆ The Epic ☆ – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(We are extremely thankful to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for sharing his literary and artworks with e-abhivyakti.  An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Capt. Pravin has served the country at national as well international level in various fronts. Presently, working as Senior Advisor, C-DAC in Artificial Intelligence and HPC Group; and involved in various national-level projects.

We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi Poetry “महाकाव्य ” published in today’s edition as☆ संजय दृष्टि  – महाकाव्य  ☆ We extend our heartiest thanks to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for this beautiful translation. )

☆ The  Epic ☆

 

Your silence

My silence

Silently got prolonged,

Your one word

My one word

Created the epic altogether!

 

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 14 – Calmness and Strength ☆ Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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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 Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Calmness and Strength”.)

 

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 14☆

 

☆ Calmness and Strength ☆

 

When the stream falls down

From the slope of the mountains,

And flows in the plains with pain,

It maintains its calm

Despite the turbulence of abandonment.

 

The breeze, after the cyclone,

Learns to gain back its gentleness,

And silent becomes its tone;

The world gathers courage from its repose,

Reclaiming its energy.

 

The tree, after being wrapped in snow for long,

Removes the frostiness from its mind

And slowly its leaves grow back again;

The world watches in awe its colourfulness

As it waves its branches full of bloom!

 

O Lord!

Let me be the calmness of that river,

Let me be the gentleness of that breeze

And let me be the strength of that tree!

 

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 13 – Autumn and Winter ☆ Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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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 Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Autumn and Winter”.)

 

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 13☆

 

☆ Autumn and Winter ☆

 

The absent autumn

Peeps in for a little while,

Vanishing again.

 

You are used to its vanishing tricks,

You are also used to its appearing all of a sudden,

And for the first time,

You don’t get swayed by its arrival,

Your emotions don’t start pirouetting,

And poetry doesn’t pour like rains.

 

You’ve rather started loving

The icy winter.

It does freeze you for a while,

But it’s more realistic

And then, it always lives up to its promises

Of nothingness.

 

When the autumn bids adieu

After its short trip,

You are rather happy,

Since there is no ripple to disturb you

In the sea of your peace.

 

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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English Literature – Poetry – ☆ White Swan ☆ – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(We are extremely thankful to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for sharing his literary and artworks with e-abhivyakti.  An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Capt. Pravin has served the country at national as well international level in various fronts. Presently, working as Senior Advisor, C-DAC in Artificial Intelligence and HPC Group; and involved in various national-level projects.

We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi Poetry “रूप चतुर्दशी ” published in today’s  ☆ संजय दृष्टि  – रूप चतुर्दशी.  ☆ We extend our heartiest thanks to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for this beautiful translation. )

☆ White Swan ☆

 

Within me
hisses a black snake
to whom I feed milk
stealthily everyday,
Dress up myself
as white swan,
I go public everyday!
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English Literature – Poetry – ☆ Criterion ☆ – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(We are extremely thankful to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for sharing his literary and artworks with e-abhivyakti.  An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Capt. Pravin has served the country at national as well international level in various fronts. Presently, working as Senior Advisor, C-DAC in Artificial Intelligence and HPC Group; and involved in various national-level projects.

We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi Poetry “मानदंड ” published in today’s  ☆ संजय दृष्टि  – मानदंड.  ☆ We extend our heartiest thanks to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for this beautiful translation. )

☆ Criterion ☆

 

On white canvas

myriad hues get dispersed

With  colorimetry

canvas becomes fertile,

Masses rush to pour

accolades for the creation…

White saree

accidentally gets stained

with single drop of color,

As the border flutters a little

there is a huge outcry,

Masses reach again

to oppress and suffocate her…

Kalamkar —the writer,

dreams and wishes,

If he could erect the frame

with white saree

and clothe her with

the canvas!

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 12 – As frozen as ice ☆ Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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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 Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “As frozen as ice”.)

 

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 12☆

 

☆ As frozen as ice ☆

 

Sometimes,

The going gets tough,

Your soft feet get brutally exposed

To the harshness of the tarry roads,

The mighty sun of fate becomes fiercer

Charring your parched skin,

Thorns prick your naked feet

And grief pricks the corners of your red eyes,

You run madly

In the rough deserts of your broken heart,

And solace eludes you.

 

During such times,

You think

That you are as frozen as ice.

 

But if you do walk

Those rough terrains once,

You become flowing water

That knows how to carve its own path,

And no future journey is hard enough.

 

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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English Literature – Poetry – ☆ Poetry ☆ – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(We are extremely thankful to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for sharing his literary and artworks with e-abhivyakti.  An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Capt. Pravin has served the country at national as well international level in various fronts. Presently, working as Senior Advisor, C-DAC in Artificial Intelligence and HPC Group; and involved in various national-level projects.

We present an English Version of Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj’s Hindi Poetry “कविता ” published in today’s  ☆ संजय दृष्टि  – कविता .  ☆ We extend our heartiest thanks to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for this beautiful translation. )

☆ Poetry ☆

Very fragile are the
fingers of poetry
Extremely soft are the
palms of poetry,
Too balsamic are the
feet of poetry,
Velvety milky are the
Soles of poetry,
So milky that when they walk
Impressions  of silky
couch-grass emerge on them…
You know,
Poetry is like a
-very delicate
-very charming
-very tender
Astoundingly beautiful
Amazingly voluptuous woman,
Was so teaching the teacher
In the adult education class…
That labourer woman
Kept watching silently
Her rough palms,
Bruised fingers,
Soiled feet,
Ulcered soles,
She felt like erupting and shout loudly-
Poetry lives in its time,
Converses with the factualism
Look, Mr Teacher!
Dealing with reality
is also a poetry!
© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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English Literature – Poetry – ☆ Moon’s hide and seek with the metropolis ☆ – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

(We are extremely thankful to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for sharing his literary and artworks with e-abhivyakti.  An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Capt. Pravin has served the country at national as well international level in various fronts. Presently, working as Senior Advisor, C-DAC in Artificial Intelligence and HPC Group; and involved in various national-level projects.

 

(We present an English Version of  Ms.  Nirdesh Nidhi’s Hindi poem ☆ महानगर की काया पर चाँद☆   published in today’s issue .  We extend our heartiest thanks to Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji for this beautiful translation. )

 

☆ Moon’s hide and seek with the metropolis ☆

 

Moon obsessedly floating above

corporeal frame of the metropolis,

Often loses to its glitzy glare…

Pulls out its silver sheet,

Keeps hiding behind

the towering skyscrapers

Afraid of human intentions,

it keeps running away…

It doesn’t want to inhale that

smoke of the inferno of envy

It can’t see the hot human blood

dripping on its innocent palms

Doesn’t want to endure the hurt

of a young innocent damsel’s

dignity being ripped apart,

on its soft chest…

Probably knows about its

own weaknesses of getting

snared in human falacies

Still, wants to live in endless euphoria of man’s madness

about its charming face…

That’s why it keeps wandering

endlessly all over the sky

to learn the art of demolishing the **Chakravyuh* …

 

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

 

* Chakravyuh  –  A mythological multi-tiered defensive formation that looked like a disc (chakra) when viewed from above. The warriors at each interleaving position would be in an increasingly tough position to fight against. The formation was used in the battle of Kurukshetra in the   Mahabharat epic, which was considered as an extremely maze to crack

 

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Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 11 – A butterfly woman ☆ Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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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 Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “A butterfly woman”.)

 

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 11☆

 

☆ A butterfly woman ☆

Let them

Keep looking at your bodily beauty-

The luminous colour of your skin,

The pretty patterns on your wings,

The magnificent gait while you fly!

 

You should concentrate

Only upon your wings

And its innate strength!

 

One day,

You will have touched the sky

And that’s what

A butterfly woman

Is meant to do!

 

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 10 – The blindfolding of Gandhari ☆ Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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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 Executive Director (Systems) Mahametro, Pune. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “The blindfolding of Gandhari”. This poem is from her book “Tales of Eon)

 

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 10☆

 

☆ The blindfolding of Gandhari   ☆

 

O lord! I blindfold myself!

That my husband was blind I knew not

Never had I thought of such a union

But together, the destiny has brought

 

O lord! I blindfold myself!

As I learn of my future and fate

What is ordained, cannot be modified

I shall suffer, as does my mate!

 

O lord! I blindfold myself!

Know not what speaks is protest or disgust

My exploitation, I shall not permit!

O lord! Let me disable myself first!

 

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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