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एक मई को दुनिया के कई देशों में लेबर डे मनाया जाता है और इस दिन देश की लगभग सभी कंपनियों में छुट्टी रहती है। भारत ही नहीं दुनिया के करीब 80 देशों में इस दिन राष्‍ट्रीय छुट्टी होती है। हालांकि इस साल हरियाणा सरकार ने लेबर डे नहीं मनाने का फैसला किया है। भारत में मजदूर दिवस कामकाजी लोगों …

Jallianwala Bagh (जलियांवाला बाग़) is a public garden in Amritsar, and houses a memorial of national importance, established in 1951 by the Government of India, to commemorate the massacre of peaceful celebrators including unarmed women and children by British occupying forces, on the occasion of the Punjabi New Year (Baisakhi) on 13 April 1919 in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Colonial …

A just society does not occur spontaneously. It has to be nurtured and protected with valor. Here is a poem so characteristic of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Compare with his other works like “Shakti Aur Kshma“, “Vijayi Ki Sadrish Jiyo Re” and Rashmirathi in this collection. Before the contemporary poem evolved as an expression of self, there were poets like Dinkar …

चल पड़े जिधर दो डग, मग में चल पड़े कोटि पग उसी ओर, पड़ गई जिधर भी एक दृष्टि पड़ गए कोटि दृग उसी ओर। जिसके शिर पर निज धरा हाथ उसके शिर-रक्षक कोटि हाथ, जिस पर निज मस्तक झुका दिया झुक गए उसी पर कोटि माथ॥ हे कोटिचरण, हे कोटिबाहु, हे कोटिरूप, हे कोटिनाम, तुम एकमूर्ति, प्रतिमूर्ति कोटि हे …

Albert Einstein said about him, “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood”. What a phenomenon our Father of the nation was! He took on an empire about which it was said that the “sun never sets on it”, and lead a whole subcontinent to freedom. That too while …

Shyam Narayan Pandey (1907 – 1991) was an Indian poet. His epic Jauhar, depicting the self-sacrifice of Rani Padmini, a queen of Chittor, written in a folk style, became very popular in the decade of 1940-50. पंचदश सर्ग: सगपावस बीता पर्वत पर नीलम घासें लहराई। कासों की श्वेत ध्वजाएं किसने आकर फहराई? ॥१॥ नव पारिजात–कलिका का मारूत आलिंगन करता कम्पित–तन …

Currently, we face confrontation on our northern border. China from across Himalaya is becoming aggressive. Here is an old and famous poem of Gopal Singh Nepali about the relationship of Himalaya with India. गोपाल सिंह नेपाली (Gopal Singh Nepali) का 11 अगस्त 1911 को बेतिया, पश्चिमी चम्पारन (बिहार) में जन्म हुआ। गोपाल सिंह नेपाली को हिन्दी के गीतकारों में विशेष …

Here is another excerpt from “Haldighaati” the great Veer-Ras Maha-kavya penned by Shyam Narayan Pandey. Here is a description of a soldier fighting for the Motherland. वीर सिपाही: वीर रस कविता भारत-जननी का मान किया, बलिवेदी पर बलिदान किया अपना पूरा अरमान किया, अपने को भी कुर्बान किया रक्खी गर्दन तलवारों पर थे कूद पड़े अंगारों पर, उर ताने शर-बौछारों पर …

In view of the current crusade of Anna Hazare against corruption, this poem about the power of masses becomes a must read. Dinkar Ji wrote this beautiful poem when India became a Republic on January 26, 1950. India‘s population was 33 Crores that time. From now on, it would be the meek people of the land who would collectively rule this …

Here is an old classic by the famous poet Suryakant Tripathi Nirala. This lovely composition in chaste Hindi is a pleasure to sing loudly for its sheer rhythm and zing. On this Independence Day, this national poem should be shared by all. वर दे वीणावादिनी! वर दे। प्रिय स्वतंत्र–रव अमृत–मंत्र नव, भारत में भर दे। काट अंध–उर के बंधन–स्तर, बहा …