English Literature – Poetry ☆ Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 54 ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 54 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 54) ☆

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi —an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. Presently, he is serving as Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. He is 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’.

Captain Raghuvanshi is also a littérateur par excellence. He is a prolific writer, poet and ‘Shayar’ himself and participates in literature fests and ‘Mushayaras’. He keeps participating in various language & literature fests, symposiums and workshops etc. Recently, he played an active role in the ‘International Hindi Conference’ at New Delhi.  He presided over the “Session Focused on Language and Translation” and also presented a research paper.  The conference was organized by Delhi University in collaboration with New York University and Columbia University.

हिंदी साहित्य – आलेख ☆ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हिंदी सम्मेलन ☆ कैप्टन प्रवीण रघुवंशी, एन एम्

In his naval career, he was qualified to command all types of warships. He is also an aviator and a Sea Diver; and recipient of various awards including ‘Nao Sena Medal’ by the President of India, Prime Minister Award and C-in-C Commendation.

Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi is also an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.

His latest quest involves social media, which is filled with rich anonymous literature of nameless writers, shared on different platforms, like,  WhatsApp / Facebook / Twitter / Your quotes / Instagram etc. in Hindi and Urdu, he has taken the mantle of translating them as a mission for the enjoyment of the global readers. Enjoy some of the Urdu poetry couplets as translated by him.

हम ई-अभिव्यक्ति के प्रबुद्ध पाठकों के लिए आदरणीय कैप्टेन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी के “कविता पाठ” का लिंक साझा कर रहे हैं। कृपया आत्मसात करें।

फेसबुक पेज लिंक  >>  कैप्टेन प्रवीण रघुवंशी जी का “कविता पाठ” 

☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of  Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 54 ☆

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दुनिया  में  कम  ही

लोग  ऐसे  होते  हैं

जो  जैसे  लगते  हैं

वो  वैसे  ही  होते  हैं…

 

There are very few  

people in this world    

who  actually  are

the  way  they  look…

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उफ़्फ़ ये तनहाई कि दर

अपना ही  खटका  देना

और ख़ुद से ही ये कहना

कि  ज़िंदा  हूँ  मैं  अभी..!

 

Oh, this wretched desolation

makes me knock own door

Then forcing me to say it to

myself that I am still alive..

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वक्त ने कई जख्म भर दिए,

यादें भी अब कम खलती हैं,

पर किताबों पर धूल जमाने से

भला कहानियाँ कहाँ बदलती हैं….

 

Time has healed many a wound,

Memories are also scarce now

But when do stories change

By settling of dust on the books!

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शुक्र कर ये दिल तेरे

लिए सिर्फ धड़कता है

गर बोलने लगता तो

क़यामत ही आ जाती…

 

Thankfully, this heart

Just only beats for you

If only it could speak,

Doomsday would come

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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM