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 “~ 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… ~ 

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 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…

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~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..!

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

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

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~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… ~ 

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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 ☆

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~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… ~ 

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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 ☆

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~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… ~ 

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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..!

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~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 “~ Dustiness of Vanity… ~”.  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.) 

~ Dustiness of Vanity… ~ 

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All those egomaniacs who occupied

the throne of conceited authority

Consumed by the false delusion

of being at par with the divinity

 *

Some blazed like infernos, others

shimmered like ephemeral blaze

Grandiose arrogance danced openly

with their shady reputation, ablaze

* 

Where’re those fea*rsome ones now,

who once spelt un*speakable evils

Vanquished in the annals of time,

reduced to dust, all those devils

 *

Their ignonamious legacies erased,

their memories too, lost in the haze

Their evil deeds summarily forgotten,

in the passage of time’s distant gaze

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~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 an English Version of Mrs. Prabha Sonawane’s Marathi poetry “पंख…”.  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) for this beautiful translation and his artwork.)

Please click here to read Poetry in Marathi – मराठी साहित्य – मराठी कविता ☆ कवितेच्या प्रदेशात # २८९ ☆ पंख… ☆ सुश्री प्रभा सोनवणे ☆

Please click here to read Poetry in Hindi – हिन्दी साहित्य – कविता ☆ “पंख…!” (मराठी कविता) – सुश्री प्रभा सोनवणे ☆ हिन्दी भावानुवाद – हेमन्त बावनकर ☆

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English Version by – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi

Pune