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 “~ Criterion… ~”. 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.)
~ Criterion… ~
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On a white canvas
colours arrive uninvited—
they spill, collide, breathe
and the silence of white
begins to shape a meaning
They call it art…and
a crowd gathers to celebrate
On a white sari falls
one stray drop—
and the same white
turns into judgment
The pallu trembles
not with wind,
but with probing eyes
Another crowd gathers—
to correct, to contain…
How paradoxical
these lines are
—where colour is freedom
and where it becomes stigma
The canvas may bear
a thousand reckless strokes
and be called alive
but a woman must
remain unblemished white
The painter pauses—
what if the frame wore the sari
and the woman the canvas
would color still be a crime
or be seen as truth…!
(Inspired by Shri Sanjay Bhardwaj Ji’s poem मानदंड)
☆हिन्दी साहित्य – मनन चिंतन ☆ संजय दृष्टि – मानदंड ☆ श्री संजय भारद्वाज ☆
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~Pravin Raghuvanshi
© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
≈ Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈




