Ms.  Swapna Amrutkar

(We are extremely thankful to  young poetess Ms.  Swapna Amrutkar for sharing her literary work with e-abhivyakti.  Today we  present her special poem Yes, you are the Witness on the eve of World Poetry Day. )

☆ World Poetry Day – Yes, you are the Witness ☆

Feelings are floating

Like a silent river

With fair and unfair

Every new thought deeper, 1

Yes, you are the witness

Some emotions overflow

May heart beats squeezes

Some incident happened

& seasonal memories breezes, 2

Yes, you are the witness

Life changes in a second

Unknowingly hard time comes

My words becoming my weapon

And Poems becomes realities, 3

Yes, you are the witness

At every turning point of life

I follow my Index finger

You became my sharing box

And friends are Pen and Paper, 4

Yes, you are the witness

© Swapna Amrutkar, Pune

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  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Half”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 29☆

☆ Half  ☆

The frozen evening is buckling her thoughts,

Long emptiness covers the eyelids-

She is afraid to leave it open,

Lest it attack the world with a vengeance,

And if she closes it,

The void powerfully sucks her body,

Fragmenting her into pieces!

She leaves it half-open,

Doing everything partly is the fad of the era;

Words you wish to snarl

Lose their velocity as they glue to your lips,

You dare not let them be free for fear of reactions,

Nor do you let them remain within for the hurt they cause,

And they voicelessly stutter on the pink edges…

Following the trend has only been an easy option,

Only she doesn’t know what to do with the swollen heart

That has accumulated emotions all around!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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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  “ हौसला ”  published today as ☆ संजय  दृष्टि – हौसला  ☆  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.)

☆  English Version  of  Poem of  Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj ☆ 

☆ Courage – by Captain Pravin  Raghuwanshi ☆

Hemant Bawankar

☆ An innocent baby/Lesson to humanity ☆

 An innocent baby girl

in my neighbourhood

suddenly reminds me:

my daughter’s childhood.

Whenever she comes

to our home

suddenly she enthrall us

she fills our heart

with unlimited energy.

Her crawling on knees

in the house

suddenly reminds us

our kids’ childhood

and

we are forced

for crawling

on knees

with her.

Her innocent

crawling

towards us

in our arms

on our lap

claims her right

unknowingly

reminds us

her relations

our debts

of previous life.

Her childlike activities

her laughter

her obstinacy

and

above all

her pure heart

as of almighty God

suddenly compels and inspires us

to shower

the blessings on her

she may flourish

she may grow well

however,

her heart must be pure

as it is today.

She does not know

this world

the ups and downs

black and white

man and woman

race and religion

rich and poor

composite culture.

Suddenly I recall the story

‘Kabuliwala’*.

I am afraid.

She will certainly

forget us

when she will grow old

and

for this

you all will be answerable

you all will be responsible.

‘You’

you – the society

you – the contractor of the society

you – the contractor of the religion

you – the media

and

perhaps to some extent

me too

I – the present

I – the mirror

I – the humanity

I – who could not fight

with you.

However,

I will play

my role of humanity

and

from time to time

I will show you

the mirror

so that

you will not  dare

to toss a pebble

on our calm river

of the great composite culture.

Nothing is impossible

if you can keep

your heart clean,

as the heart of

an innocent baby girl

in my neighbourhood.

* Rabindranath Tagore’s famous tale “Kabuliwala

© Hemant Bawankar, Pune

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  “ पुनर्वास ”  published today as ☆ संजय  दृष्टि – पुनर्वास ☆  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.)

☆  English Version  of  Poem of  Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj ☆ 

☆ Rehabilitation – by Captain Pravin  Raghuwanshi ☆

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  “त्यौहार” published today as ☆ संजय  दृष्टि – त्यौहार ☆  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.)

☆  English Version  of  Poem of  Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj ☆ 

☆ Fesival – by Captain Pravin  Raghuwanshi ☆

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  an Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Indian Railways, Pune Division. Her beloved genre is poetry. Today we present her poem “Growing up”.  This poem  is from her book “The Frozen Evenings”.)

☆ Weekly column ☆ Poetic World of Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra # 28☆

☆ Growing up  ☆

I need to grow up.

My body needs to stoop,

My hair needs to grey,

My hairlines need to recede,

My veins need to come out

From the back of my hands,

My feet need to tremble

While walking,

My skin needs dryness

That refuses the moisturiser;

But more than that

I need to learn

To let go.

Yes,

I need to grow up!

© Ms. Neelam Saxena Chandra

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Hemant Bawankar

☆ Respect  ☆

I’m not

as you are thinking.

You have seen

my body;

the dress of soul!

Don’t respect me

my body

the dress of soul.

Try to search

another side of the wall

hanging between

dress and soul.

If you succeed

then

I will respect you

else

you disrespect me.

© Hemant Bawankar, Pune

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस विशेष

कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

(हम कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी द्वारा ई-अभिव्यक्ति के साथ उनकी साहित्यिक और कला कृतियों को साझा करने के लिए उनके बेहद आभारी हैं। आईआईएम अहमदाबाद के पूर्व छात्र कैप्टन प्रवीण जी ने विभिन्न मोर्चों पर अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर एवं राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर देश की सेवा की है। वर्तमान में सी-डैक के आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस और एचपीसी ग्रुप में वरिष्ठ सलाहकार के रूप में कार्यरत हैं साथ ही विभिन्न राष्ट्र स्तरीय परियोजनाओं में शामिल हैं।)

कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी  द्वारा सुश्री निर्देश निधि जी की  अंतर्राष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस पर उनकी विशेष कविता “सुनो धनिया ”  का अंग्रेजी भावानुवाद  “ Listen Dhaniya” ई-अभिव्यक्ति  के प्रबुद्ध पाठकों तक पहुँचाने का अवसर एक संयोग है। 

भावनुवादों में ऐसे  प्रयोगों के लिए हम हिंदी, संस्कृत, उर्दू एवं अंग्रेजी भाषाओँ में प्रवीण  कैप्टन  प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी के ह्रदय से आभारी हैं। 

☆ (English  Version  of  Poem by Mrs. Nirdesh Nidhi  –  “ Listen Dhaniya” – by Captain Pravin  Raghuwanshi ☆

कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

(हम कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी द्वारा ई-अभिव्यक्ति के साथ उनकी साहित्यिक और कला कृतियों को साझा करने के लिए उनके बेहद आभारी हैं। आईआईएम अहमदाबाद के पूर्व छात्र कैप्टन प्रवीण जी ने विभिन्न मोर्चों पर अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर एवं राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर देश की सेवा की है। वर्तमान में सी-डैक के आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस और एचपीसी ग्रुप में वरिष्ठ सलाहकार के रूप में कार्यरत हैं साथ ही विभिन्न राष्ट्र स्तरीय परियोजनाओं में शामिल हैं।)

कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी  द्वारा श्री संजय भारद्वाज जी की कविता “ अंत्येष्टि ”  का अंग्रेजी भावानुवाद  “Funerals?” ई-अभिव्यक्ति  के प्रबुद्ध पाठकों तक पहुँचाने का अवसर एक संयोग है। 

भावनुवादों में ऐसे  प्रयोगों के लिए हम हिंदी, संस्कृत, उर्दू एवं अंग्रेजी भाषाओँ में प्रवीण  कैप्टन  प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी के ह्रदय से आभारी हैं। 

आइए…हम लोग भी इस कविता के मूल हिंदी  रचना के साथ-साथ अंग्रेजी में भी आत्मसात करें और अपनी प्रतिक्रियाओं से कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी  को परिचित कराएँ।

]☆ श्री संजय भरद्वाज जी  की मूल रचना – अंत्येष्टि ☆

उसने जलाया

इसने दफनाया,

उसने कुएँ में लटकाया

इसने नदी में बहाया,

आत्मा की शांति के

शीर्षक तले

अपनी-अपनी

संतुष्टि की कवायदें…!

• संजय भारद्वाज

(कवितासंग्रह *मैं नहीं लिखता कविता* से)

☆  English Version  of  Poem of  Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj ☆ 

☆  “Funerals – by Captain Pravin  Raghuwanshi ☆

He cremated it,

They buried it,

Few hung it in the well

Others flowed it in the river,

Under the garb of

Peace of soul

Everyone carried out drills

for their own satisfaction…!

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM