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 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…

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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

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Some blazed like infernos, others

shimmered like ephemeral blaze

Grandiose arrogance danced openly

with their shady reputation, ablaze

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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

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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

Hemant Bawankar

(This poem has been cited from my book “The Variegated Life of Emotional Hearts”.)

☆ Quietly… ☆ Hemant Bawankar ☆

My tears have dried

and eyes are stoned now

Oh God!

Don’t pass me

through any such incident ever

for sure

let me cry quietly.

 

We journeyed a long way

with each other

at this stage of life.

Oh God!

It would be difficult to walk alone.

If there is a call to walk alone,

let me sleep quietly.

 

Every father says

when you will become a father

you will understand.

It continued

from generation to generation.

If you will say something else

tell me quietly.

 

Father’s shelter

seems to be like forgotten memories.

Today,

under the shelter of a dry  tree

I feel that if the wind reaches again

to my father,

enclose me quietly.

 

Life is flying

like a book of time

when the wind stops

on  the last page,

let me sleep quietly.

 

It is really difficult to connect

old ancestral broken relationship

like a delicate thread.

Break the whole myth today

like Kabir’s couplets quietly.

 

Every moment of life

is extremely beautiful

and equally romantic is

the philosophy of life.

Moment that has been passed,

will never return.

If you could live

that moment again,

tell me quietly.

 

© Hemant Bawankar

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 “~ Nirvana, the Salvation… ~”.  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.) 

~ Nirvana, the Salvation… ~ 

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With an unquenchable thirst

to know the enigmatic infinite

I wandered through doors upon doors

many doors, yet more doors

infinite doors…

At last, I reached ‘Muktidwar’

–the fabled ‘Door of Salvation’…

Yet my thirst lingered

driven by eternal inquisitiveness

I turned back, resolute

I do not seek liberation

I crave fulfillment

I long for my own world

for the fire of imagining

not the tranquil silence of Nirvana

but the awakening of my creative universe..!

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~Pravin Raghuvanshi

 © Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Shri Pramod Vaman Vartak

😞 “Lady died at 232!” 😞

(Indian Express 14-11-2025) 

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“Penny” had taken her last breath yesterday,

Who ruled the hearts of Americans in her heyday !

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At birth it was depicted by Lady Liberty,

then Abraham Lincoln took over the entity !

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Penny originally minted in pure copper,

But changed her soul and  body with copper colour later !

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After her demise she won’t vanish for sometime,

May be its golden era for Nickel and Dime !

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“Penny foolish, pound wise” is now obsolete,

Until someone mints penny’s substitute !

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© Shri Pramod Vaman Vartak

14-11-2025

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