Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
☆ Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 38 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 38) ☆
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# 38☆
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उड़ने दो मिट्टी को फ़लक तक
आखिर कहाँ तलक उड़ेगी,
हवाओं ने जब साथ छोड़ा तो,
आखिर जमीन पर ही गिरेगी !!
Let the soil fly high in the sky
How far will it keep flying,
When the wind deserts it,
It’ll fall on the ground only!!
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उसने भी हँस के यूँही
आज पूछ लिया मिज़ाज
लगता है कि उम्र भर के
रंज-ओ-ग़म याद आ गए हैं…
Today, laughingly, she just
inquired about my well-being
Felt, as if surfaced again are
the age old grief and sorrow
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बस इतनी सी बात
समुंदर को खल गई
एक कागज़ की नाव
मुझपे कैसे चल गई…
The sea just could
not tolerate it that
how could a paper
boat ever sail on it…
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अब उस मुकाम पे आ
पहुँची है जिंदगी जहाँ,
चीजें तो बहुत सी पसन्द हैं
मगर चाहिए कुछ भी नही…
Now the life has reached
that point where many
likeable things are there
but nothing is required…
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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
Pune
≈ Blog Editor – Shri Hemant Bawankar/Editor (English) – Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM ≈
