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,…
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…
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 –…