Category: Poetry

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 “~ Ultimate… ~”.  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.) 

~ Ultimate… ~ 

☆

He could not write

anything today

—strange, indeed

Yet responses kept pouring

into his non-existent

work for the day

In the fertile ground of words

both shared

a profound faith

and an unbreakable bond

To read what was never written

is the highest point

of the relationship

between a creator and his readers…!

 ☆

~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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 “~ Naïveté… ~”.  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.) 

~ Naïveté… ~ 

☆

He spoke of marching

forward at every step,

Pioneering others to

the path of perfection

He surmised constant

choices of excellence…

Devising pragmatic lessons

on working from the heart

But when got applauded,

at the mention of his own self,

He got bewilderly startled—

Uneasy, unsure of his so-called

spectacular deeds & attainments

For one who always practised:

“Simple living and high thinking” ,

all through his life, scrupulously

Yet, he always believed that

he worked half-heartedly

How did he—so naïve, so austere a person

—end up being hailed as a cult,

an embodiment of a trailblazer..?

 

(Inspired by Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj Ji’s poem अन्यमनस्क) 

☆हिन्दी साहित्य – मनन चिंतन ☆ संजय दृष्टि –  अन्यमनस्क ☆ श्री संजय भारद्वाज ☆

☆

~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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 “~ The Instrument… ~”.  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.) 

~ The Instrument… ~ 

☆   

 One more man merged today

into the eternal Silence

the same breathless hush

that once carried him here…

 *

His name covered by dust

yet the wind still murmured

with the haunting questions

he left behind unanswered…

 *

Where did we wander

before the first light found us

and where shall we drift

after the last flame folds away…

 *

Perhaps the human heart

is only a fleeting lantern

lit not to banish darkness

but to reveal its hidden face…

 *

Perhaps we are not

seekers at all but quiet reeds

through which the Infinite

sings its strange longings…

 *

And when all dissolves

only the hush remains

where the Eternal listens

to its own unending questions…

☆

~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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 “~ The Water Trough… ~”.  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.) 

~ The Water Trough… ~ 

They had

salted water

You had

a sweet spring

They called water

a product

You called thirst

a human need

Their growth

came bottled

Your water

stayed free

They sold thirst

You shared

divine reverence

Historic annals

will not count sales

Chronicles

will remember

who quenched a life..!

☆

 

(Inspired by Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj Ji’s poem प्याऊ) 

☆हिन्दी साहित्य – मनन चिंतन ☆ संजय दृष्टि –  प्याऊ ☆ श्री संजय भारद्वाज ☆

☆

~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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 “~ Out of the Box… ~”.  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.) 

~ Out of the Box… ~ 

☆

I kept drawing

measured lines

all my life

 

standard lines

systematic lines

approved lines

 

Yet nothing worked

Despite intense efforts

—no identity emerged

neither personal

nor public

 

In frustration

I etched

crooked

awkward

senseless lines

without aim

without purpose

here and there

 

And suddenly,

lo and behold,

a miracle happened

 

I became a celebrity

 

Critics stood stunned

they said—

What a masterpiece

such craftsmanship of

out-of-the-box thinking

has never been seen before

 

I stood confused, bewildered

 

lines

frames

boxes

out-of-the-box

 

when did I ever

think of all this

at all…?

(Inspired by Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj Ji’s poem आउट ऑफ बॉक्स) 

☆  हिन्दी साहित्य – मनन चिंतन ☆ संजय दृष्टि – आउट ऑफ बॉक्स ☆ श्री संजय भारद्वाज ☆

☆

~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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 “~ The Cloak of Mirrors… ~”.  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.) 

~ The Cloak of Mirrors… ~ 

☆

They arrive—

a faceless throng

cloaked in mirrored glass

each shard glinting

with someone else’s truth..

 

They spill into my town

like an omen in me

with multitudes of yields,

drawn and merged,

my shoulders claimed by

a mirror-cloak of my own…

 

The procession turns

toward caverns carved by fear,

haunted by what thrives in dark

There, a small man cowers,

—fleeing the reflection

that never stops pursuing him…

 

Thunderous echoes rise

he stumbles then turns back

as if defeat were shelter

The throng retreats

shadows trailing behind

the cavern bewilderedly

searching for the Sun…

 

I jolt awake

morning light softening the remnants

of that mirrored dream

still carrying the weight

of mystic visions

yet never fully mine…!

(Inspired by Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj Ji’s poem लबादा) 

☆हिन्दी साहित्य – मनन चिंतन ☆ संजय दृष्टि –  लबादा ☆ श्री संजय भारद्वाज ☆

☆

~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

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 “~ Condensed… ~”.  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.) 

~ Condensed… ~ 

☆

A tide of words rises in my throat

yet stills itself before it can erupt—

As though the inner light of being

has suddenly been shrouded in mist…

 *

And I begin to wonder—

what rare, compacted anguish it must be

that can turn the verdant to barren in a breath

and draw one who speaks and walks with ease

into an abyss of unsounded quietude..!

☆

~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM