किसान-कवि, लेखक और निर्भीक पत्रकार पंडित माखनलाल चतुर्वेदी राजद्रोह में जेल गए, CM पद ठुकराया और सम्मान लौटाया शायद ही कोई ऐसा व्यक्ति हो, जिसने स्कूली शिक्षा के दौरान या फिर साहित्य-अध्ययन के दौरान ‘पुष्प की अभिलाषा’ कविता न पढ़ी हो. चाह नहीं मैं सुरबाला के, गहनों में गूंथा जाऊं, चाह नहीं प्रेमी-माला में बिंध, प्यारी को ललचाऊं चाह नहीं सम्राटों के शव पर, हे हरि डाला जाऊं चाह नहीं देवों के सिर पर, चढूं भाग्य पर इठलाऊं मुझे तोड़…
KHALIL DHANTEJVI This Ghazal was sung by the Famous Ghazal Singer Jagjit Singh which led to International recognition for the writer Ab mai.n raashan kii kataaro.n me.n nazar aataa huu.N , apne kheto.n se bichha.Dane kii sazaa paataa huu.N, itnii meha.Ngaa_ii ke baazaar se kuchh laataa huu.N, apne bachcho.n me.n use baa.NT ke sharmaataa huu.N , apnii nii.ndo.n kii lahuu po.Nchne kii koshish me.n, jaagte jaagte thak jaataa huu.N so jaataa huu.N , ko-ii chaadar samajh ke khii.Nch na le…
Raghupati Sahay – better known under his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri – was born on 28 August 1896 and he died on 3 March 1982. He is known to have fought to save the idea of secular India, most of his life. He is counted amongst the most influential poets who laid the foundation for the modern Urdu ghazal. He established himself among peers including famous Urdu poets like Allama Iqbal, Yagana Changezi, Jigar Moradabadi, Josh Malihabadi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz,…
नीलेश रघुवंशी= भारतभूषण अग्रवाल पुरस्कार से सम्मानित, नवें दशक की महत्त्वपूर्ण कवयित्री। ‘एक क़स्बे के नोट्स’ शीर्षक उपन्यास के लिए उल्लेखनीय। “बुढ़ापे में पिता” पिता पर बुढ़ापा अच्छा नहीं लगता हर किसी के आगे हाथ जोड़ देना अरे साहब, अरे साहब कहकर बातें करना जिससे अच्छे से बात करना चाहिए, झिड़कना उसे खामखाँ बेमतलब के आदमी से घंटों बातें करना खाँसते हुए ज़िद पर अड़ेंगे, हर एक काम ख़ुद करेंगे वश का नहीं जो उनके, करेंगे उसे ही सबसे पहले…
Amrita Pritam is one of the best known Punjabi authors and poets was a writer, a mystic, a poet, a rebel and a human being par excellence. She wrote about love, hope, separation, feminism, partition and struggles of women . She could be a synonym for ‘Freedom’. She lived life on her own terms but without being a confrontationist. She was honoured with some of the highest awards in the country including the Sahitya Akademi, Bharatiya Jnanpith, and Padma Vibhushan.…
सरलता से गहरी बात कहने का हुनर अजंता देव की कविताओं में खूब देखने को मिलता है. इनकी लगभग हर कविता बहुत शानदार है. इनकी भाषा भी उतना ही प्रभावित करती हैं जितनी कविता. पढ़िए ‘ग़ज़ल के रंग में’ मुमकिन हुई चर्चित कवयित्री अजंता देव की शानदार, जानदार कविता रात अंधेरी तारे गुम इस पल सबसे प्यारे तुम जितना हमसे दूर हुए उतने हुए हमारे तुम घास फूल चिड़िया आकाश सबमें नदी किनारे तुम अनजाने में जीत गए जान-बूझकर हारे तुम मंदिर…
Zahid Hussain (born 8 February 1940), better known by the pen name Wasim Barelvi, is an Indian Urdu-language poet. He was born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. His ghazals, many sung by Jagjit Singh, are very popular He has been awarded with the “Firaq Gorakhpuri International Award”, the Kalidas gold medal (by the Haryana government, in recognition for his services in the field of Urdu poetry); the Begum Akhtar Kala Dharmi award; and the Naseem-e-Urdu award. Barelvi is Vice Chairman of…
Syed Ahmad Shah better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008 Urdu poet & scriptwriter and chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters. During his lifetime, he criticised military rule and was arrested for writing poems that criticised military rulers in Pakistan. . Subsequently, he went into self-imposed exile and stayed for 6 years in Britain, Canada, and Europe before returning to Pakistan His contribution to poetry and Urdu literature places him in the…
Mohan Rakesh (Madan Mohan Guglani) 8 January 1925 – 3 January 1972, one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani (“New Story”) literary movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s. He was given an Award by the Sahitya Akademi for the first modern Hindi play that he wrote, Ashadh Ka Ek Din. He made significant contributions to the novel, the short story, travelogue, criticism, memoir and drama. His plays continue to be performed and receive acclaim worldwide मोहन राकेश –…
Narendra Kohli (born 6 January 1940) Narendra Kohli is a Hindi language novelist, short story writer, playwright and satirist. His first published story was ‘Do Haath’, which came out in 1960. He is a modernist and yet well-connected to his Indian roots. His unique approach makes him distinct from his contemporaries.. He is credited with reinventing the ancient form of epic writing in modern prose. He is also regarded as a trend-setter in the sense that he pioneered the creation of literary works…