Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 23 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 23) ☆
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.
☆ English translation of Urdu poetry couplets of Anonymous litterateur of Social Media# 23☆
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तमाम उम्र मैं इक
अजनबी घर में रहा
सफ़र न करते हुए भी
हमेशा सफ़र में रहा
वो तो जिस्म ही था जो
भटका किया ज़माने में,
मगर दिल तो मेरा हमेशा
तेरी डगर में भटकता रहा…
All my life kept staying
In a stranger’s house
Even while not traveling
I remained in journey only
That was just my body which
Kept wandering everywhere,
But my heart always kept
Following your footsteps…
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तेरी मोहब्बत ने हमे
तो बेनाम कर दिया,
हमे हर ख़ुशी से
मरहूम कर दिया
हमने तो कभी चाहा ही
नहीं कि हमे मोहब्बत हो,
मगर तेरी पहली नज़र ने
हमें तो नीलाम कर दिया…
Your love has made
Me utterly nameless,
It deprived me of
every possible pleasure
I had never desired
To ever fall in love, but
Your very glance itself
Got me auctioned …
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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
≈ Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈
बेहतरीन रचना प्रस्तुती बधाई अभिनंदन अभिवादन आदरणीय
एक अरसे से कैप्टन रघुवंशी की अनंत, स्वतःस्फूर्त और भरपूर ऊर्जा को समाहित करने के लिए ई-अभिव्यक्ति जैसे सार्थक और सशक्त मंच की आवश्यकता थी. अपनी निष्काम साहित्य-सेवा को विश्वव्यापी बनाने के लिए आपने अपनी यात्रा के पहले चरण में गुमनाम लेखकों की रचनाओं को उजागर करने का बीड़ा उठाया है. मैं आशा करता हूँ कि उनकी यह यात्रा निर्बाध और निष्कंटक रहेगी. मित्रों की शुभकामनाएँ पाथेय के रूप में उनके साथ हमेशा रहेंगी.
चरैवेति ! चरैवेति !!