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
≈ Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈
