English Literature – Poetry ☆ Anonymous litterateur of social media # 214 ☆ Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ☆
Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
Anonymous Litterateur of social media # 214 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 214)
Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi NM—an ex Naval Officer, possesses a multifaceted personality. He served as a Senior Advisor in prestigious Supercomputer organisation C-DAC, Pune. An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad was involved in various Artificial 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’. He is also the English Editor for the web magazine www.e-abhivyakti.com.
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 Awards and C-in-C Commendation. He has won many national and international awards.
He is also an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus.
His latest quest involves writing various books and translation work including over 100 Bollywood songs for various international forums as a mission for the enjoyment of the global viewers. Published various books and over 3000 poems, stories, blogs and other literary work at national and international level. Felicitated by numerous literary bodies..!
English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of Anonymous litterateur of Social Media # 213
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बिना रिश्ते के जो अजनबी
अपने हो जाते हैं….
कभी-कभी खून के रिश्तों से
भी बड़े हो जाते हैं …
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Relationships with strangers
Become such treasured ones
That sometimes they become
Precious than the blood relations
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मुसाफिर कल भी था
मुसाफिर आज भी हूँ;
कल अपनों की तलाश में था
आज अपनी तलाश में हूँ…
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Upheavals and storms inside
Endless rounds of tourists outside
How coast manages co-ordination
Of so many diverse contradictions
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हम तो नरम पत्तों की…
शाख़ हुआ करते थे…!
छीले इतने गए कि…
खंज़र हो गए…!!
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Used to be lush tender branch
Laden with soft green leaves…
Got chiseled off so much
That turned into a dagger…!
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कौन बहीखाता रखे…
किसको कितना दिया
और किसने कितना बचाया
ख़ुदा ने आसान हिसाब बनाया
सबको खाली हाथ भेजा
और खाली हाथ ही बुलाया…
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Who to keep a book of account
How much did someone give
And how much did one save
God simplified the calculations
Sent everyone empty handed
And called back empty handed …
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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
Pune