Tag Archives: Old Classic Poems for Students

Easter Holiday: Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In the New Testament of the Bible, the event is said to have occurred three days after Jesus was crucified by the Romans and died in roughly A.D. 30. The holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ,” a series of events and holidays that …

Shiva Chalisa: Mahashivaratri is a special day for the devotees of Lord Shiva. On the festival, people would observe a fast for the entire day and sing bhajans and songs in the praise of the deity. Lord Shiva temples are flocked by devotees, as special puja is conducted all through the day. Different types of Abhishek are performed, with the …

Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States and Canada when people give thanks. In the United States, it is on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada it is on the second Monday of October. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln said the last Thursday of November would be a national Day of Thanksgiving for the United States. American immigrants brought …

पानी और धुप: Here is a poem written by the famous poetess Subhadra Kumari Chauhan at the time of freedom struggle of India. It depicts the desire of a child to learn the use of sword to ward off policemen who come to arrest the freedom fighter ‘Kaka’. पानी और धुप: सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान अभी अभी थी धूप, बरसने, लगा …

चारु चंद्र की चंचल किरणें: Here is an excerpt from the famous poem Panchvati by Maithili Sharan Gupt. The description is of the cottage in Panchvati forest that was the abode of Ram, Laxman and Sita during the terminal year of their 14 years banvas. As Ram and Sita sleep inside, Laxman is on guard outside. This poem further goes on …

सारे जहाँ से अच्छा हिन्दोस्तां हमारा: This great poem was written by Allama Muhammad Iqbal, a great poet-philosopher and active political leader. Iqbal was born at Sialkot, Punjab, in 1877. He descended from a family of Kashmiri brahmins but his grandfather Sahaj Ram Sapru, had to embrace Islam (Reference). In 1904, Iqbal, then a young lecturer at the Government College, …

75th Anniversary of Indian Independence or Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an ongoing event, in which the 75th Anniversary of the Independence of India is being celebrated in India and abroad. The Government of India decided to celebrate the 75 years of Independence of India, with great excitement and tribute to freedom fighters. So, they decided to do various programs …

ऋतुओं की ऋतू बसंत: सुमित्रानंदन पंत – वसंत पञ्चमी या श्रीपंचमी एक हिन्दू त्यौहार है। इस दिन विद्या की देवी सरस्वती की पूजा की जाती है। यह पूजा पूर्वी भारत, पश्चिमोत्तर बांग्लादेश, नेपाल और कई राष्ट्रों में बड़े उल्लास से मनायी जाती है। इस दिन पीले वस्त्र धारण करते हैं। शास्त्रों में बसंत पंचमी को ऋषि पंचमी से उल्लेखित किया …

जलियाँवाला बाग में बसंत: सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान – Jallianwala Bagh (जलियाँवाला बाग) 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 …

कृष्ण मुक्ति: राजीव कृष्ण सक्सेना – Lord Krishna was cursed by Gandhari that he would be killed by the arrow of a petty hunter in the forest. As if to fulfill this destiny, Lord Krishna went to Prabhasa forest and rested under a tree awaiting his death. A hunter mistaking his feet for a deer shot an arrow that brought …