Captain (IN) Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
Anonymous Litterateur of Social Media # 196 (सोशल मीडिया के गुमनाम साहित्यकार # 196)
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 # 196
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क्यूँ कर आरजू करूँ कि
तुम मुझे चाहोगे उम्र भर
इतना ही ऐतबार काफी है कि
ताउम्र भूल नहीं पाओगे तुम मुझे
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Why should I desire that you
must love me throughout the life
The trust that you won’t be able
to forget me lifelong, is enough
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तुझको ही फुरसत न थी
किसी फसाने को पढ़ने की
मैं तो बिकता ही रहा तेरे
शहर में किताबों की तरह…!
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You only had no time to
to read any parables…
Though I kept on selling
like books in your city…!
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कभी उल्फत, तो कभी नियत बदल गई
खुदगर्ज जब हुए, तो फिर सीरत बदल गई
अपना कुसूर, दूसरों के सर पे डाल कर
कुछ लोग सोचते हैं कि हकीकत बदल गई
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By attributing own guilt
on someone else’s head
Some people think that
the reality has changed…
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कभी चुभ जाती है बात
तो कभी तल्ख़ लहज़े मारते हैं
ये ज़िंदगी है, साहब! यहाँ गैरों से
कम, अपनों से ज्यादा हारते हैं!
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Sometimes the words hurt you,
Sometimes the tone agonizes you
This is the life, dear! Here we lose
More to loved ones than outsiders!
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© Captain Pravin Raghuvanshi, NM
Pune
The Grey Lights# 54 
‘हम! एक असलियत …’ स्व डॉ राजकुमार तिवारी ‘सुमित्र’ – We: A reality ☆ English Version by – Hemant Bawankar 
