Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 177 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 177)

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. 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’. 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 IMM 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..!

☆☆☆☆☆

अधूरी कहानी पर ख़ामोश

लबों का पहरा है,

चोट रूह की है इसलिए

दर्द ज़रा गहरा है….🌺

☆☆

Guarded are the silent lips,

On  the  incomplete story…

Wound  is  of  the soul, so

The pain is rather intense….

☆☆☆☆☆

अधूरी कहानी पर ख़ामोश

लबों का पहरा है,

चोट रूह की है इसलिए

दर्द ज़रा गहरा है….🌺

☆☆

Silent lips are the sentinels,

Of  the  unfulfilled fairytale…

Wound is of the spirited soul

So, the pain is rather intense….

☆☆☆☆☆

हंसते हुए चेहरों को गमों से

आजाद ना समझो साहिब,

मुस्कुराहट की पनाहों में भी

हजारों  दर्द  छुपे होते  हैं…🌺

☆☆

O’ Dear, Don’t even consider that 

Laughing faces are free of sorrow,

Thousands  of  pains are  hidden 

Even behind the walls of a smile…

☆☆☆☆☆

चुपचाप चल रहे थे

ज़िन्दगी के सफर में

तुम पर नज़र क्या पड़ी

बस  गुमराह  हो  गए…

☆☆

Was walking peacefully

In  the  journey of the life

Just casting a glance on you

Made my journey go astray

☆☆☆☆☆

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Shri Ashish Mulay

The Grey Lights# 36

☆ – “Game” – ☆ Shri Ashish Mulay ☆

I have learnt to remain calm

but I am not silent

I have learnt to not talk

but I am making statement

* 

with the experience comes the pain

but when goes the pain, wisdom is a gain

time has taught me

how the love fails

but moment has shown me

how the love gains

 *

despite the odds and injustice and battles

I have learnt to keep the heart alive

for life is a sea of uncertainty

where your ship gives a try

one beautiful evening

my ship will sink

and my heart will cease

but till then it shall beat

 *

that’s what being human is

to give always a try

Winning and loosing become illusions

as the game goes by

and what remains real

is the heart that gives a try…

☆

© Shri Ashish Mulay

Sangli 

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

Hemant Bawankar

☆ Time… ☆ Hemant Bawankar ☆

People say –

time is a great ointment

that heals

large wounds.

However,

over the years

I don’t know

Why are not healing

my heart’s wound

why that drips

constantly ….

Is it so because?

I’m living

in present

with nostalgia

with the false expectation

that

sometimes

these wounds will be healed

that

were given by my loved ones

or

I had only ever given

to myself.

It is true that-

time never halts

it slips

like sand slips

from the fists

and

life does not happen again

still we watch dripping wounds

of loved ones

in relation to each other

even though

none raises their hands

to heal the lesions.

Maybe

all mouths are stitched

all hands are tied

with the ego that –

why should I be the first?

(This poem has been cited from my book “The Variegated Life of Emotional Hearts”.)

© Hemant Bawankar

Pune

Hemant Bawankar

☆ War for… ☆ Hemant Bawankar ☆

I’m crawling

in the battlefield,

towards

widening jaws of death

ready to swallow me.

My heart is melting

with moans of wounded knights.

Lightening of shells

and

the thundering of bombs.

Instantaneous light smiles

incessant dark laughs

and

I’m hanging between them.

I’m feeling

What’s death?

Death is not so easy

as we think.

It’s far beyond

from imagination

and

at the point of

realism.

It is felt

once in a life.

Soul feeds

respiration and pulsation

to fulfil

the incessant hungry stomach

of wild death.

Those are lucky

who return

from jaws of death.

Their experiences and feelings

are far beyond

from our hypothesis.

Ah!

Oh! My God!

One more dead,

and one more will die;

may be me

or

yourself.

No;

I can’t fight

with life; for life

but,

I’ll not make

my hands up

I’ll wait

for death!

That dangerous death

in the lap of whose

thousands of knights slept

in battlefield

on the earth

vigorous than any world war

the life’s war!

11th August 1977

(This poem has been cited from my book “The Variegated Life of Emotional Hearts”.)

© Hemant Bawankar

Pune

Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 176 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 176)

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. 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’. 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 IMM 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..!

☆☆☆☆☆

तूफ़ां के से  हालात  है

ना किसी सफर में रहो.

पंछियों से है गुज़ारिश 

रहो सिर्फ अपने शज़र में

☆☆ 

There’re stormy conditions

Don’t set sail for any voyage

Pleading with the avian-world

To keep nestled in their trees

☆☆☆☆☆

ईद का चाँद बन, बस रहो 

अपने ही घरवालों के संग,

ये उनकी खुशकिस्मती है

कि बस हो उनकी नज़र में…

☆☆ 

Even in once in blue moon,

Don’t step out, be with family

It’s a  blissful  fortune only

That you’re before their eyes

☆☆☆☆☆

माना बंजारों की तरह

घूमते ही रहे डगर-डगर…

वक़्त का तक़ाज़ा है अब 

☆☆ 

Agreed like gypsies, you’ve

Been wandering endlessly

It’s  the  need  of  hour that

You stay in your own town…

☆☆☆☆☆

रहो सिर्फ अपने ही शहर में …

तुमने कितनी खाक़ छानी 

हर  गली  हर  चौबारे  की,

थोड़े  दिन की  तो बात है 

बस रहो सिर्फ अपने घर में…

☆☆ 

Much did you wander around

Every nook and every corner,

It’s a matter of few days only

Keep staying in your house…

☆☆☆☆☆

© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM

Shri Ashish Mulay

The Grey Lights# 35

☆ – “Choice & Chance” – ☆ Shri Ashish Mulay ☆

In meadow of thorns lies a flower

only friend of him is a rain shower

in his struggle of surviving

he dreams of thriving

But comes the day

that tests his power

where comes the wind

riding on scorching summer

a season in his life

that makes him bend over

but for the thorns

who only get sharper

little flower makes the choice

to close his wings

the stubborn thorns choose

to play their innings

by the time that goes by

the flower barely surviving

and the thorns go stiff

when they get hardening

then nature gives the chance

so rains come pouring

flexible flower takes the chance

lifeless thorns get flushing

and thrives the flower

only to make another choice

thorns keep waiting

for a chance to rejoice

☆

© Shri Ashish Mulay

Sangli 

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