Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
(Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He was 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’.
We present Capt. Pravin Raghuvanshi ji’s amazing poem “~ Fire… ~”. We extend our heartiest thanks to the learned author Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi Ji (who is very well conversant with Hindi, Sanskrit, English and Urdu languages) and his artwork.)
~ Fire… ~ 
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Two tribes clashed,
raining stones upon one another
over the right to hunt.
Among the flying rocks,
a few collided midair.
A spark flashed.
Everyone fled in fear.
Except one man.
He stood his ground.
Gathering courage,
he struck one stone against another.
Again, a spark.
Now obsession seized him.
He began to play
with different stones.
He was the first man
to sow fire,
to cultivate fire.
He kindled it.
He cooked on it.
One day,
he perished in it.
Yet he was the same man
who introduced fire to the world,
who taught the difference
between heat and flame.
Who revealed the possibilities
of roasting over fire
and burning within it.
He handed over his life
to fire itself,
so mankind might learn
that even bodies can be reduced to ash.
He was the first man
to prove that
when fire lives within,
the world outside
can be illuminated…!
(Inspired by Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj Ji’s poem आग)
☆हिन्दी साहित्य – मनन चिंतन ☆ संजय दृष्टि – आग ☆ श्री संजय भारद्वाज ☆
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~Pravin Raghuvanshi
© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
≈ Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈
