13th International Hindi Utsav Conference concluded in European Countries

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9DeDdCC7_L-tjAwg1atutXR-KNOIceRi839Znv4-i3b4nLBF60OJkRsU9XuSgkIADxwThbljhv24GYdiyKwX2FAlPv3U6ELsU2wDtOT9jqBZUcBbBHcCaVplUyTLXd5mcr78uEBK-48jWiBkiyr3hkxGxI7QQkSytMUQ9kgBbJ_JWFQh_ejD0OT5kA/s1600/IMG-20230524-WA0060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9DeDdCC7_L-tjAwg1atutXR-KNOIceRi839Znv4-i3b4nLBF60OJkRsU9XuSgkIADxwThbljhv24GYdiyKwX2FAlPv3U6ELsU2wDtOT9jqBZUcBbBHcCaVplUyTLXd5mcr78uEBK-48jWiBkiyr3hkxGxI7QQkSytMUQ9kgBbJ_JWFQh_ejD0OT5kA/w400-h179/IMG-20230524-WA0060.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Staff Reporter </u></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hindi is getting established as a reputed language not only in India but across the world. Apart from movies and literature, blogging which has established itself as a form of new media is also helping in the spread of Hindi. As such, to provide a common stage for bloggers, 'Parikalpana Samay', Hindi monthly magazine published from Lucknow and ‘Parikalpana’ literary organization have been organizing International Hindi Utsav and International Blogger’s Conference for the last Thirteen years. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFbuffPMR3uEXRmR3Ovp7vAui-fBtmMA4Xg7i5Gz3iwZjvRAkLtHJELcCdim1t0r7wynkstQoPwvwtqAgYkL9H_QDVZAePSD-WzubWHDXXbtI240G0i2-kqYNIGh7sjEOh357TJgzjxwpgTx4_0gNhfXEyLxE41QXU26qMkdtY9aBQxLOvBAsMa-A4A/s1280/IMG-20230524-WA0116.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbFbuffPMR3uEXRmR3Ovp7vAui-fBtmMA4Xg7i5Gz3iwZjvRAkLtHJELcCdim1t0r7wynkstQoPwvwtqAgYkL9H_QDVZAePSD-WzubWHDXXbtI240G0i2-kqYNIGh7sjEOh357TJgzjxwpgTx4_0gNhfXEyLxE41QXU26qMkdtY9aBQxLOvBAsMa-A4A/w200-h150/IMG-20230524-WA0116.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main objective of the conference is to create ground for development of Hindi literature and blogging in the World, promote Hindi literature and Indian culture, and provide opportunities for language harmony and cultural study and tourism. Chief Editor of Parikalpana Samay and Organizer of ‘International Hindi Conference’ Dr. Ravindra Prabhat said that after having successfully organized the conference in Delhi (India), Lucknow (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), Thimpu (Bhutan), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Bangkok (Thailand),   Auckland, Hamilton & Rotorua (Newzeeland), Singapore, johor bahru ( Malaysia), Mauritius, Jakarta (Indonesia), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), Sim rip ( Cambodia), Sharjah and Male (Maldives) etc.   </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyDVHOYY6-Hir05IzHboe86EYLmZbhdnkc1wRTQZajn2dHAtJKZAdFGcX9MfQAczxj8LnkwSdFOhvQNs4P4o-oMFykQd59o8fYya3AS7ehai_ewdqaY1PwYAlUZruuHkDePpq2ZJboHjnESeHgzIz1BOxDBevEus6-9PGaSBq4Fkxi9oJbDLmh4DKeA/s1568/IMG-20230524-WA0038.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1568" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfyDVHOYY6-Hir05IzHboe86EYLmZbhdnkc1wRTQZajn2dHAtJKZAdFGcX9MfQAczxj8LnkwSdFOhvQNs4P4o-oMFykQd59o8fYya3AS7ehai_ewdqaY1PwYAlUZruuHkDePpq2ZJboHjnESeHgzIz1BOxDBevEus6-9PGaSBq4Fkxi9oJbDLmh4DKeA/w200-h89/IMG-20230524-WA0038.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This time the Thirteenth International Hindi Festival Conference will be organized from 14 May. 2023 to 23 May, 2023 in Zurich (Switzerland), Black Firest (Jarmany), Paris (France), Brussels (Belgium) & Rome (Italy). The Chief Guest of this conference Hindi Gazalkar Mr. Kapil Kumar Said that the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi has emphasized on historical and cultural relation between India and the out side of world and sought to promote co-operation and harmony between the all countries. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ks_uo0VQB7qgVQ68Bwr-I-g6LR7p5_pPFDKnOW2o3y5PKNzEJ4JDkZ2CfwjRtlP-0wkMuYRc7hvTZKCrypUaeYUimsby3OxnW9IUf-aY-LxF5i_itTJ5GATqnhJ1mNmgXuG-Z65AGYAcMOE8yh3rmENICJjEhvnxWFj39mZQdBvh2qkNaLb6wzssOg/s1568/IMG-20230524-WA0055.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1568" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ks_uo0VQB7qgVQ68Bwr-I-g6LR7p5_pPFDKnOW2o3y5PKNzEJ4JDkZ2CfwjRtlP-0wkMuYRc7hvTZKCrypUaeYUimsby3OxnW9IUf-aY-LxF5i_itTJ5GATqnhJ1mNmgXuG-Z65AGYAcMOE8yh3rmENICJjEhvnxWFj39mZQdBvh2qkNaLb6wzssOg/w200-h89/IMG-20230524-WA0055.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This Conference being organized in Europian Country's is an effort in the same direction. Dr. Ravindra Prabhat said that on this occasion celebrities from the field of blogging, literature, social and cultural world will be felicitated. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLH27mqALZUNvXvP1myMMQ_oUqbxuX7Sa7ufdzfGN366czgVo8rxfAqSK059Ev99VCGBayj1pkWDZUtyUZdMv2_7RwwtyqPI1kXrPM5068MOC0qWTLm6CgpBmNF6vnTJROl5JD02J77ciq2YVxJYRyzbS5jUuaYuTCpo3HsW3GvvfviQMT5sYMz28Odg/s1280/IMG-20230524-WA0114.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLH27mqALZUNvXvP1myMMQ_oUqbxuX7Sa7ufdzfGN366czgVo8rxfAqSK059Ev99VCGBayj1pkWDZUtyUZdMv2_7RwwtyqPI1kXrPM5068MOC0qWTLm6CgpBmNF6vnTJROl5JD02J77ciq2YVxJYRyzbS5jUuaYuTCpo3HsW3GvvfviQMT5sYMz28Odg/w200-h150/IMG-20230524-WA0114.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the conference more than Intellectuals will be awarded out of which some important ones are Dr. Champa Srivastava, Dr. Subhashini Sharma, Dr. Kshama Sisodia, Mr. Sachindra nath Mishra, Mr. Bimal Bahuguna, Mrs. Kusum Verma, Dr. Anita Srivastava, Dr. Poonam Singh, Dr. Sukesh Sharma, Mrs. Kalpna Agarwal, Mrs. Mala chaubey, Mrs. Kavita Saxena, Mr. Brij Kishore Agarwal, Mr. Anil Saxena, Mr. Shubh Chaturvedy etc. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6DNsNoL-toiZS20PJ_2DtqzhsXky-E32_vLgkFWTghYilazRP4nnaTVcETpjHefcuMixHIDPlJDVfekXpLWUF4UBsUI8qfwHbvD1a8YNXp6AFqp5kK1v2j-DQ2f5y1b1olDkt4NVVsvm3lOrE07IAyAkwGQ6BNNo1vCcCZFdd7w7RNEaHQP4hLxbKg/s1600/IMG-20230524-WA0041.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1600" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6DNsNoL-toiZS20PJ_2DtqzhsXky-E32_vLgkFWTghYilazRP4nnaTVcETpjHefcuMixHIDPlJDVfekXpLWUF4UBsUI8qfwHbvD1a8YNXp6AFqp5kK1v2j-DQ2f5y1b1olDkt4NVVsvm3lOrE07IAyAkwGQ6BNNo1vCcCZFdd7w7RNEaHQP4hLxbKg/w200-h89/IMG-20230524-WA0041.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr. Prabhat said that during the conference, study of Hindi in global perspective especially in European Countries, promotion of Hindi literature, various dimensions of blogging as new media and role of Social Media in changing times etc. will be discussed. Kusum Verma Night in Brussels After the conference in night of 20th May. 2023, Indian folk singer & dancer Kusum Verma will be performed on the stage. Kusum Verma is a folk-singer, Poet, performer and dancer from Uttar Pradesh, India. She sings Bhojpuri and Awadhi folk songs, and has received the Parikalpna Hindi Utsav Award for her contribution to music. Kusum did not get any sort of formal training of classical music neither before nor after becoming a successful folk singer but She had an effective command over high and low notes. She is best known for her distinctive, melodious, powerful voice, complex and dark emotional expressions which led many critics to state her voice as the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUC_L0ip5s0Dn9KIvF5WasFOcPUohNgEsbfEQO-WUj9dV8nCjfQ67VifThaRNqtrr1bLMQPzvM99hi9j_hLRSAf5nCpOgx6rP-DmnxQtCpvAgPwvcnEj-MNPuVFJrdcFXPnjsjhlwbOnbmPolYnO1p-D_na5nJNHCyhA-4i1F0dNFM8nkusdTKt9H0gQ/s1600/IMG-20230524-WA0059.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1600" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUC_L0ip5s0Dn9KIvF5WasFOcPUohNgEsbfEQO-WUj9dV8nCjfQ67VifThaRNqtrr1bLMQPzvM99hi9j_hLRSAf5nCpOgx6rP-DmnxQtCpvAgPwvcnEj-MNPuVFJrdcFXPnjsjhlwbOnbmPolYnO1p-D_na5nJNHCyhA-4i1F0dNFM8nkusdTKt9H0gQ/w200-h89/IMG-20230524-WA0059.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in central Uttar Pradesh and could sing high tenor notes with ease. She has performed national and international stages, like Kolkata, Delhi, Allahabad, lucknow, Mahoba, Gonda, Lakhimpur Kheeri and Kathmandu in Nepal, Thimpu & Paro in Bhutan, Kaindi & Colombo in Sri Lanka, Pataya & Bangkok in Thaighland etc. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZpC8Jax5e6M7ZE87hguowTU1J4nopbAiC3Li82NmUntqMTVhdZYER_To_vK5lxe8NnLPrTA6jHmU-eNWeVMwDTFmcfw8Xbq6sD4cnswxPF0oA8oEZYdEClcoQa9kAhXK51thY_9EqXQ_VEnFBk6BxipwuL3wm-nrtDAXNAT5UpiRmTp5CIMFdAWivw/s1600/IMG-20230524-WA0060.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1600" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZpC8Jax5e6M7ZE87hguowTU1J4nopbAiC3Li82NmUntqMTVhdZYER_To_vK5lxe8NnLPrTA6jHmU-eNWeVMwDTFmcfw8Xbq6sD4cnswxPF0oA8oEZYdEClcoQa9kAhXK51thY_9EqXQ_VEnFBk6BxipwuL3wm-nrtDAXNAT5UpiRmTp5CIMFdAWivw/w200-h89/IMG-20230524-WA0060.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Along with folk song she will be presented a Nritya Natika of 1 hr 10 minutes. Which is based on a Mahakavya PADMAVAT written by very famous writer MALIK MOHAMMED JAYASI . The title of the NrityaNatika is BARAHMASA. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ndwRAyhtCjwt9r130dNeTUPeqM5a9SUg4Zd8KVh-ArSiP0La0tpjV8xg32Q8NYlDf6FVePN9ROS6MdVUGZrXuM20sjIyIafdIAojaCqGrGDGyOzxjIJv-V45UsV8jf-CQJugv3z3dbHZmk1ZwqPVHqhTRj-KYCh8_EnvMKBTlkvTrEoA4dVt2KwLog/s1568/IMG-20230524-WA0046.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1568" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ndwRAyhtCjwt9r130dNeTUPeqM5a9SUg4Zd8KVh-ArSiP0La0tpjV8xg32Q8NYlDf6FVePN9ROS6MdVUGZrXuM20sjIyIafdIAojaCqGrGDGyOzxjIJv-V45UsV8jf-CQJugv3z3dbHZmk1ZwqPVHqhTRj-KYCh8_EnvMKBTlkvTrEoA4dVt2KwLog/w200-h89/IMG-20230524-WA0046.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The theme is the queen Nagmati of the king RatnaSen of chittod is so beautiful and always want approval & praise of her beauty from friends. </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvWpi6fHTOXQMZW7T7boq8T1fG4cAUsgC13ebYgQcWV27Ka57IU961yVN3b37V_dxUaVblM2y6HwqZcsb_e6McZDwRvmoerxtOeqyth6X7bWeTf-XhQK-aR89BjdqOtvHO7cv0r16aA2SduxcvBc7vJAytNKYa954imjHvpThRFmLRrfyY_--SidTWg/s1280/IMG-20230524-WA0112.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvWpi6fHTOXQMZW7T7boq8T1fG4cAUsgC13ebYgQcWV27Ka57IU961yVN3b37V_dxUaVblM2y6HwqZcsb_e6McZDwRvmoerxtOeqyth6X7bWeTf-XhQK-aR89BjdqOtvHO7cv0r16aA2SduxcvBc7vJAytNKYa954imjHvpThRFmLRrfyY_--SidTWg/w200-h150/IMG-20230524-WA0112.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But one day she heard the beauty of the queen Paďmawati of Singhaldweep by her parrot Heeramann . She told it to the Heeramann not to tell it to the king but one day Heeramann explained about the beauty of Padmini to the king, King immediately depart to Singhaldweep . Naagmati cursed Heeramann for that and start waiting for the arraival of her king back to home . Means all the twelve months. It is a recorded programme . </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">() () ()</div>

13th International Hindi Utsav Conference concluded in European Countries

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Echoes of the Getaway : Very interesting and informative for the readers.

<p> <span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIQ5y858UVPxUirwWbI94LfN3UEi45w9yRXPqtBcsR86vCLcNdzFHq7sfIlew5zavBv8jwGu8hfxxAMRQmuWZltWO5qg2SU_gNYjXx3SBlIwA79OcH6WnB_SmJRGLjr8zeOmzYAob8Q/s300/bookreviews.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="72" data-original-width="50" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIQ5y858UVPxUirwWbI94LfN3UEi45w9yRXPqtBcsR86vCLcNdzFHq7sfIlew5zavBv8jwGu8hfxxAMRQmuWZltWO5qg2SU_gNYjXx3SBlIwA79OcH6WnB_SmJRGLjr8zeOmzYAob8Q/w200-h148/bookreviews.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 22pt;">T</span></b><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">ale of elopement of a Kashmiri pundit family from Kashmir and with this entwined the sub plots of deterioration and disintegration of social fabric of Kashmiri society with time, insights of golden and dark chapters of ancient and contemporary political, social and cultural history of the valley, terrorism, conspiracies and evil designs of a foreign state to destabilize the whole region, sufferings of the common citizens and greed for power and money of the unscrupulous, corrupt leaders combinedly form a powerful narrative of the novel titled “</span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Echoes of the Getaway</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">” written by wellknown Hindi novelist Dr. Ravindra Prabhat.  Among all complex situations this novel focus on Sufism also, the oldest rawayat of the vale, as a ray of hope for re-establishment of old glory and pride of Kashmir.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><v:shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas><v:path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:path></v:stroke></v:shapetype><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Written in an anecdote style this novel will definitely prove very intresting and informative for the readers. Without any prejudice and biased approach the writer has written on a vivid and controversial subject like Kashmir very boldly and has provided details and vital informations regarding Kashmir and Kashmiriyat in a very simple, interesting and candid manner.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Though the characters and incidents of the main plot are fictitious but the narrative is based on the real facts of Kashmir. This is the very reason why this novel presents a human story of struggle for existence in any adverse situation. It is the story of common Indians, inspite </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">of complains and torments in daily lives, still have strong belief in justice and hope for a better future existence. The writer has handled the sensitive and powerful subject in a balanced and emotional way for which the narrative touches the inner chord and sensibilities of the readers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">This novel describes the plights of the Pandits living in the paradise of the earth and how they were forced for getaway from Kashmir. The writer has boldly written on communal fanaticism and it’s evil effects on the lives of the common-men Giving reference of history the writer has tried to prove his point of view and how communal discrimination and hatred developed in the society of the valley. On one hand this novel describes the pains of the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">common public during partition and on the other hand it focus on the agonies of the Kashmiri Pandits of the vale for their exodus from their land of ancestors forever.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">Instead of focusi</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;">ng on the political aspects of the crisis this novel tell the story of the common men who had gone through inhuman sufferings, sometimes due to partition and sometimes due to communal and jihadi fanaticism. This novel on one hand reveal the secrets of state sponsored terrorism and on the other hand present the broad picture of sufferings of Kashmiri Pandits in context to political and social intricacies of Kashmir. This novel saw the day of light at a crucial juncture of India history when the government of India by taking a bold and strong decision abolished article 370 and divided the whole state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. This benchmark decision can by termed as a great turn for contemporary Indian history. Due to this decisive decision there is still a state of non communication between India and Pakistan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 48px;">A whole generation which witnessed the Kashmir problem From the beginning has almost vanished or on the way for it’s final end but for the present generation this novel will give them an opportunity to get acquainted with the insights and problems of Kashmir and Kashmiriyat.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 48px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; 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Echoes of the Getaway : Very interesting and informative for the readers.

    T ale of elopement of a Kashmiri pundit family from Kashmir and with this entwined the sub plots of deterioration and disintegration of ...

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Rasbatiya

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <u><b>(Short Story)</b></u><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY99k-UJ6P7qCSuu0UyChqLz4hyphenhyphenhmqaM8QtpjiUnw8hgi4OQ8N2ErooOoQpDQzvB3gQg7zoLml1BvEBqJBEWMUaKPQe_JDsEvlfCw6RluVRouhIBTxKgbBFCqNAq8o679PF8RElsxdADZw/s1600/painting-by-ilayaraja.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="660" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY99k-UJ6P7qCSuu0UyChqLz4hyphenhyphenhmqaM8QtpjiUnw8hgi4OQ8N2ErooOoQpDQzvB3gQg7zoLml1BvEBqJBEWMUaKPQe_JDsEvlfCw6RluVRouhIBTxKgbBFCqNAq8o679PF8RElsxdADZw/s400/painting-by-ilayaraja.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #7d7d7d; font-family: "tahoma" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: justify;">Realistic Rural woman painting by ilayaraja</span></div> </div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY99k-UJ6P7qCSuu0UyChqLz4hyphenhyphenhmqaM8QtpjiUnw8hgi4OQ8N2ErooOoQpDQzvB3gQg7zoLml1BvEBqJBEWMUaKPQe_JDsEvlfCw6RluVRouhIBTxKgbBFCqNAq8o679PF8RElsxdADZw/s1600/painting-by-ilayaraja.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">his time the monsoon was delay and was not enough to harvest the farm of fill up the big ponds the river Ghagra keep flowing neither Grandmother's tricks nor children's tricks of unclothing succeeded in the rain. Only one sound come from everywhere "all clouds gives water". On the request of children God gave the water but that too like the urine of God India. Rain water was not enough as the small ponds were also not filled up. Only mud and mud everywhere. Like the clouds were there lightning sounds were also heard it was appearing that it will rain heavily. After that we will go to our grand nana's place and enjoy the sweets and drinks over there. But the almighty's vision was something else. Now with the water of tube well we are sowing the crop of rice. If the crop will not grow as required then we will be of a very little value.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Suddenly Rasbatia went quiet and spanking on her forehead. She said after a long time men has come back and I was busy telling tales. OK leave it tell me how is the food cooked.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Just like Holy water.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Oh shaking her head and covering her face with saree she turned. After several months seeing her husband back se was so glad that it was appearing like whole lot of love was clearly visible in her eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">In the village there were so many unemployed and very few were employed and of low income. Only some who have earned much education that person say bye to village. After becoming at order age Ram Avtar also did the same his mother wept and cried but of no use. Ram Avtar left for the city.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">After his marriage Ram avtar went to city to earn rupees after one year he has come back to his village and when frisked by Rasbatia Ram Avtar says whenever there was a whisper then the veins of brain started humming and a felling of insecurity then only the remembrance of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>village comes through. There is no any musical instrument in the city nor any folk songs being sung only the people are vanishing in the crowd and the customs & traditions are being blown out of air. Remixes are there in the city. In air conditioned chambers people sitting and giving the description of clouds and Baba Kalidas and Tulsidas singing Chumma-Chumma.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">And talking in the same manner Ram Avtar went silent. Oh I am also talking meaningless. Tell me how are you and what's the news about village. Oh, don’t ask the news of the village here a canal was being dug up. In that case village head was murdered and on the other hand Satrohna………… saying this Rasbatia went numb. What happened to Satrohna. Ram Avtar spooked Rasbatia. Rasbatia replied. In this Dussehra Holidays his Chachi fixed his wedding with the daughter of teacher Trilochan of Badhaipurwa. Bedhuni only one week passed of the marriage that there was a call from army that in the KARGIL Pakistani soldiers have attacked. Chachi told him that Pakistani soldiers are very cruel beware of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Satrohna went back after seven days a letter came that he had reached safely and now he is being sent to KARGIL. Badhuni heaved a sign of relief and then started praying Goddesses. Here in the village rumours went around some say that Pakistani have captured KARGIL but some other say that Government is hiding the truth and Pakistani soldiers have entered too far. Some say that our country has suffered a huge loss. But some say that no it's not like this our army has driven them back.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">A day passed by there was no news about Satrohna. Budhani served her mother in law used to cook food and made her mother in law eat. She used to work ship all Gods and Goddess but no news about Satrohna. No letter came from Satrohna's end.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">On the day of Kalipuja Budhani cooked delicacies and served for her mother in law. After her mother in law had those delicious foods when she herself sat to have those delicacies she thought that her lips have dried up by the thirst and hunger. By the cold her body colour began to turn blue. Badhuni threw the bite on the floor she was going to eat. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Why are you doing like this asked her mother in law. Being a bahu of house you should not throw the bite on the floor. It is unfair Badhuni turned red faced. Again she tried to have one more bite from her plate. But same thing happened she felt tasteless and unable to chew but again she thought that same unusual could happen to her husband so she ate that bite but vomited. Then her mother in law did not forced her to eat. She began to think that now her tongue has lost the taste of delicious foods. As she had also lost the taste fifteen years back.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">OK enough is enough now I can't hear Rasbatia. Only tell me where is Badhuni. He asked with heavy heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">After the death of her husband people of the village started commenting they use to say that she is a witch as she has taken the life of her husband. She lived until her mother in law was alive. When her mother in law died she also had rat poison and ended her life. Saying the Rasbatia eyes were also filled with tears that hugging Ram Avtar. She said you will not go to city again leaving me.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Ram Avtar began to think about it that Rasbatia is right. Upto how much he will run in the city due to fear of his boss threats from moneylenders and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the grocers. Then he saw some ants climbing up the wall. He began to think that when these small creatures do not leave hope till their end. Then why should he leave his village from the problems. At last happy days will also come in my life and on that day I will blow the bugle.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">He was lost in these thoughts then Rasbatia hooked him. Wake up its raining heavily get inside the house. I have cooked the pakories of besan and onion for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7D7-1EYd1xjJdsxaZwMn5NiTH3qqriqikxV_Z4y1ewGt1Yb0nLrYFSO9cstiAJcUPdRahb62WS4Ux0Uh4XrOJFytEjDQ1A75FpqSRt9cTNyKB8Y4zMwhsbsPRLUgxzXIJ_b6hEtoYkQB/s1600/544808_3882965828267_2082491099_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="60" data-original-width="60" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7D7-1EYd1xjJdsxaZwMn5NiTH3qqriqikxV_Z4y1ewGt1Yb0nLrYFSO9cstiAJcUPdRahb62WS4Ux0Uh4XrOJFytEjDQ1A75FpqSRt9cTNyKB8Y4zMwhsbsPRLUgxzXIJ_b6hEtoYkQB/s200/544808_3882965828267_2082491099_n.jpg" width="80" /></a></div> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><b>By Ravindra Prabhat </b></span><br /> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Indian Short story writer, novelist,journalist,poet and blog critic.</span></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Website: <a href="http://www.ravindraprabhat.in/">http://www.ravindraprabhat.in/</a></span><br /> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Email: <a href="mailto:ravindra.prabhat@gmail.com">ravindra.prabhat@gmail.com</a></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p> () () ()</o:p></span></div> <br /></div>

Rasbatiya

(Short Story) Realistic Rural woman painting by ilayaraja T his time the monsoon was delay and was not enough to harvest the fa...

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Next Parikalpana's International Hindi Utsav to be held in Mauritius.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTN2eGJWZCxs08YB83I7gDq0ezGk66WYJQqEvnby-wWpyaHvqxHbujX9NWTLWaNiPVEtogfUgo0dGrPYRo1muKJwdDrHhdtcsq-qiEi2RuCe9IGTlo2-f1M6GoCPiWaGg3Vo_pUAnKAkk/s1600/IMG-20180818-WA0063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTN2eGJWZCxs08YB83I7gDq0ezGk66WYJQqEvnby-wWpyaHvqxHbujX9NWTLWaNiPVEtogfUgo0dGrPYRo1muKJwdDrHhdtcsq-qiEi2RuCe9IGTlo2-f1M6GoCPiWaGg3Vo_pUAnKAkk/s400/IMG-20180818-WA0063.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;">Logo of International hindi Utsav, Mauritius/ Trend today </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #073763; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Lucknow (Staff Reporter):</b> "Hindi is getting established as a reputed language not only in India but across the world. Apart from movies and literature, blogging which has established itself as a form of new media is also helping in the spread of Hindi. So main objective of the Parikalpana's  International Hindi Utsav is to create ground for development of Hindi blogging in the World, promote Hindi literature and Indian culture, and provide opportunities for language harmony and cultural study and tourism in the world." Said Ravindra Prabhat  yesterday in Lucknow. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11jEZVpZHvAkwNV4TZDaYpLUkP_U4a3zDmCvWC5CWetRsZvCxsGOfW157_6OYZnyC3dMBrReOZfkBYpHrdRlpo_JYtOVsh1nglUsjREOEJVZj2bZrA3bRinY93nB4Vf3GnC8wnZr9Paoo/s1600/IMG-20180818-WA0064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1280" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj11jEZVpZHvAkwNV4TZDaYpLUkP_U4a3zDmCvWC5CWetRsZvCxsGOfW157_6OYZnyC3dMBrReOZfkBYpHrdRlpo_JYtOVsh1nglUsjREOEJVZj2bZrA3bRinY93nB4Vf3GnC8wnZr9Paoo/s200/IMG-20180818-WA0064.jpg" width="200" /></a>Chief Editor of Parikalpana Samay and Organizer of ‘International Hindi Utsav’ Mr. Ravindra Prabhat said that after having successfully organized the conference in Delhi (India), Lucknow (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), Thimphu & Paro (Bhutan), Colombo & Kandy (Sri Lanka), Bangkok  & Pataya (Thailand), Auckland, Hamilton & Rotorua (New Zealand), Singapore,  Kualalumpur & Johor Bahru (Malaysia) and Bali & Jakarta in Indonesia. This time next International Hindi Utsav will be organized from 2nd Sept. 2018 to 8th Sept. 2018 in Mauritius. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ4MfrhDnuppCUQ8Ji4eVlWdAmRl3NJmcCkJSp0KrEebX4PKbLHyp9h6PUiiH2VVdSt04GSY0nNffAYAay14IUnY_fR-M4hB6nPclw-IrLb-dg523jwiq5M2cnNJy5HqKZ42C2Bn29P0/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="216" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQ4MfrhDnuppCUQ8Ji4eVlWdAmRl3NJmcCkJSp0KrEebX4PKbLHyp9h6PUiiH2VVdSt04GSY0nNffAYAay14IUnY_fR-M4hB6nPclw-IrLb-dg523jwiq5M2cnNJy5HqKZ42C2Bn29P0/s200/download.jpg" width="184" /></a>The host of this International Hindi Utsav Mr. Ravindra Prabhat Said that the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi has emphasized on historical and cultural relation between India and the out side of world and sought to promote co-operation and harmony between the all countries. This Hindi Utsav being organized in Mauritius is an effort in the same direction.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Ravindra Prabhat said that on this occasion celebrities from the field of blogging, literature, social and cultural world will be felicitated.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Prabhat said that during the Hindi Utsav, study of Hindi in global perspective especially in Mauritius, promotion of Hindi literature, various dimensions of blogging as new media and role of Social Media in changing times etc. will be discussed. Indian folk singers & dancers will be performed on the stage. Exhibited Indian folk art and culture. These are traditional painting & Kavi Sammelan also performed. </div> </div>

Next Parikalpana's International Hindi Utsav to be held in Mauritius.

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Eighth International Bloggers Conference concluded in Malaysia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJVUIiyIC3RqhMHdw_XM2Jxapzh1I3r2kZ767KioB0SaqnnFXpjYNN212GRcpHJQUj6YahWrjcNAA5ppNgPF3iqCvGRnNBJsI1mmWrU3J79oLunfm5YNzu_2bYr4d31tMcARCfADwro2h/s1600/IMG_0708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJVUIiyIC3RqhMHdw_XM2Jxapzh1I3r2kZ767KioB0SaqnnFXpjYNN212GRcpHJQUj6YahWrjcNAA5ppNgPF3iqCvGRnNBJsI1mmWrU3J79oLunfm5YNzu_2bYr4d31tMcARCfADwro2h/s640/IMG_0708.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <b>Johor Bahru (Malaysia, 23rd June 2017):</b> Preview of Hindi blogging is not limited to India only, but is spreading fast in other countries also. Dr. Arvind Srivastava, well known blogger from Madhepura, Bihar have been awarded with 'Awinash Vachaspati Smriti Parikalpana Samman' during the four days long ‘International Bloggers Confrence’ held at Singapore & Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur and cultural capital Johor Bahru from 21 June to 25 June, 2017. Under this award all awardees were felicitated with rupees 11000/- cash prize, Commendation certificate, memento, and Aṅgavastra.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71-LWdIUcD1t2gPp4z84QiB_1D5rfHsnpnIYX7xUq50tMNCD9cRMxMTOOlHIWw4iERZJj6KG2nsxROJHpHLZPO-sPfT5Pn6ujaH3CvQocwCHu3UkAVXh_aulTsXli_dufIsmexOaLEMI8/s1600/arwind.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg71-LWdIUcD1t2gPp4z84QiB_1D5rfHsnpnIYX7xUq50tMNCD9cRMxMTOOlHIWw4iERZJj6KG2nsxROJHpHLZPO-sPfT5Pn6ujaH3CvQocwCHu3UkAVXh_aulTsXli_dufIsmexOaLEMI8/s320/arwind.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Writers from various Cities of India were awarded with various awards, such as Dr. Ramakant Kushwaha "kushagra", from Deoria with Parikalpana Shiksha Samman; Dr. Vijay Pratap Srivastava and Mr. Umesh Patel Shrish from Gorakhpur were respectively awarded with Parikalpana Shodh  Samman and Parikalpana Kavya Samman; Mrs. Kusum Verma from Lucknow with Parikalpana Kala Bhushan Samman, Dr. Anita Srivastava from Lucknow with Parikalpana Sahityik Ptrakarita Samman, Mrs. Satya Singh "Human" from Lucknow  with Parikalpana Nagrik Samman, Ms. Ankita Singh from Ahmadabad with Parikalpna Abhivyakti Samman, Mr. Neeraj Kumar Naithani, Mr. Jay Krishan Painyuli & Mr. Dhirendra Sinh Ranghar were respectively awarded with Parikalpana Sahitya Samman, Parikalpana Kala Shri Samman & parikalpana Srijan Samman and Mr. Sachindra nath mishra fron varanasi with Parikalpana udyami samman for their contribution in various fields.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDlPiYJhyphenhyphenWGV14u_3ZK506Ga2bHVIQKukXbKd3srNMneiU_RFg4-73ITbf4okB7ia8KpqCR9pDntm6rxRGQ-m-67p9AuTVa4qofn85EHAp_Lfo18jKIQvlI-DTa1GEFHdKoevXEf-SK4/s1600/prabhat.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDlPiYJhyphenhyphenWGV14u_3ZK506Ga2bHVIQKukXbKd3srNMneiU_RFg4-73ITbf4okB7ia8KpqCR9pDntm6rxRGQ-m-67p9AuTVa4qofn85EHAp_Lfo18jKIQvlI-DTa1GEFHdKoevXEf-SK4/s200/prabhat.JPG" width="133" /></a>These awards were conferred by Ex Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh Govt. Mr. Nakul Dubey. On this occasion Ex Police Officer Uttar Pradesh Mrs. Satya Singh "Human" Senior Author of Uttarakhand Mr. Neeraj Naithani were present as special guests. This information was provided by Chief Editor of Parikalpana Samay and organizer of ‘International Bloggers Conference’Senior Hindi satirist Mr. Ravindra Prabhat.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> During the conference study of Hindi in global perspective specially in Asian countries, its propagation, various dimensions of blogging and role of social media in changing times were discussed. Chief Guest of the programme Mr. Nakul Dubey said that in this era of globalization, the literature, culture and environment of other countries can be spread through social media and blogging. Senior Auithor of Uttarakhand Mr. Neeraj Naithani said that Bloggers empowerment is being discussed all over the world today, but watching the presence of bloggers from across the Asian countries is a pleasant feeling.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y25MRFGrKHsgp8A0yih-zrOwMfJ-TsRpKCQQbpUgFfnBmA0ji9YnTflQYbZRYtRDUBbObOfOgiwjInEYQA9xzkWNkOeWwoMyeAgxSspRLOPvjYIUjbu64NEd1_Zz5iz9bkwp8gODUmw/s1600/kalakritui2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Y25MRFGrKHsgp8A0yih-zrOwMfJ-TsRpKCQQbpUgFfnBmA0ji9YnTflQYbZRYtRDUBbObOfOgiwjInEYQA9xzkWNkOeWwoMyeAgxSspRLOPvjYIUjbu64NEd1_Zz5iz9bkwp8gODUmw/s320/kalakritui2.JPG" width="320" /></a>Mrs. Satya Singh "Human" said that blogging not only diminishes the distance between countries and languages but it also facilitates viewing of ideas of different people working in various fields in an integrated form. Discussing the social interests of blogging and social media, he said they have the potential to connect remote areas. Dr. Anita Srivastava from Uttar Pradesh said that blogging has a very important role in enrichment of Hindi, and people across the world are connecting to Hindi through blogging. In his address. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixti_zjFwb0Rp_gEma4c_3wp-IQy8wQVBIs0V0lLOtDcpcgU5nimJ1YwBbZKrnngZrIb4egJSIZKPylPOaYOADlvZ22pU0Xz8xFUeZ3KJPmq5GDIP67u030dXDTxzfVsm1I0uMpcWfledh/s1600/index1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixti_zjFwb0Rp_gEma4c_3wp-IQy8wQVBIs0V0lLOtDcpcgU5nimJ1YwBbZKrnngZrIb4egJSIZKPylPOaYOADlvZ22pU0Xz8xFUeZ3KJPmq5GDIP67u030dXDTxzfVsm1I0uMpcWfledh/s1600/index1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Organizer of the conference, Mr. Ravindra Prabhat said that the aim of organizing International Bloggers Conference in Bhutan is to bring Indian culture closer to Bhutanese culture and establish Hindi in Bhutanese global environment. He said that the main object of the conference is to promote blogging in South Asia, propagation of Hindi, promote language harmony and provide chance for cultural study and tourism.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF14XtvkTJftygjEtl4hsoFxaKj-XkPhlPb-KMVnunmnLQ89KBHWOylAR7NQSSqMqHKTdIHmVd7dQn0e6ZCh_Q16U35AWfpTlgO1t9Kn3tfXvfPnOgg6HJmebUeGLRJxfWikcgx8V5Q__9/s1600/images.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF14XtvkTJftygjEtl4hsoFxaKj-XkPhlPb-KMVnunmnLQ89KBHWOylAR7NQSSqMqHKTdIHmVd7dQn0e6ZCh_Q16U35AWfpTlgO1t9Kn3tfXvfPnOgg6HJmebUeGLRJxfWikcgx8V5Q__9/s1600/images.jpg" /></a>On this occasion Exhibition of artworks of Mr.  Jai Krishan Mati  of Uttarakhand was also on display. Awadhi folklore by Kusum Verma of Lucknow was another attraction of the conference. Kavya Sandhya conducted by Umesh Patel Shrish and open discussion were also organized, which was attended by more than a dozen bloggers from India and Malaysia. The programme were conducted by Smt.Kusum Verma of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> By Staff Reporter</div> </div>

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Seventh Conference of South Asian Bloggers to be held in Newzealand.

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguK5ILdy9URiKoZq74wkTLXBES2Z7dGa7V5KzMGQLEjxQyDvuJ0z_du3egWXwvzhFR1WKEW4ocKmwPz4y0HMSam1I0ZdgmB-iXhyphenhyphena_dXo8bk42IrVprbKCXpApi87bfvcWr7sSWbv577am/s1600/Seddon_Statue_in_Parliament_Grounds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguK5ILdy9URiKoZq74wkTLXBES2Z7dGa7V5KzMGQLEjxQyDvuJ0z_du3egWXwvzhFR1WKEW4ocKmwPz4y0HMSam1I0ZdgmB-iXhyphenhyphena_dXo8bk42IrVprbKCXpApi87bfvcWr7sSWbv577am/s640/Seddon_Statue_in_Parliament_Grounds.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"> <u><span style="font-size: x-small;">Staff Reporter</span></u></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;">H</span>indi is getting established as a reputed language not only in India but across the world. Apart from movies and literature, blogging which has established itself as a form of new media is also helping in the spread of Hindi. As such, to provide a common stage for bloggers, 'Parikalpana Samay', Hindi monthly magazine published from Lucknow and ‘Parikalpana’ literary organization have been organizing International Blogger’s Conference for the last Seven years. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The main objective of the conference is to create ground for development of blogging in the World, promote Hindi literature and Indian culture, and provide opportunities for language harmony and cultural study and tourism. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chief Editor of Parikalpana Samay and Organizer of ‘International Bloggers Conference’ Mr. Ravindra Prabhat said that after having successfully organized the conference in Delhi (India), Lucknow (India), Kathmandu (Nepal), Thimpu (Bhutan), Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Bangkok (Thailand). this time the seventh International Blogger’s Conference will be organized from 23 Dec. 2016 to 1 January, 2017 in Auckland, Hamilton & Rotorua in New Zealand. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqBbOIh1Sw4K0QHP3qwoH9lcLT61iAMH-ggcsGkLpT2BTvJEcpuCjYc77cN1dadXb1LKi0TJYKfXpteEZPRPtNeE3dk6ribNjMC8QkQDHkicIddjWkACC79ZAgeH3v_RLIPiW6XFSYsgc/s1600/1e315f5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqBbOIh1Sw4K0QHP3qwoH9lcLT61iAMH-ggcsGkLpT2BTvJEcpuCjYc77cN1dadXb1LKi0TJYKfXpteEZPRPtNeE3dk6ribNjMC8QkQDHkicIddjWkACC79ZAgeH3v_RLIPiW6XFSYsgc/s200/1e315f5.jpg" width="200" /></a>This time the host of this conference will be NRI Mrs. Suman Kapoor. she is an activist, educationist, research scholar, entrepreneur, a hospitality professional, social critic and writer of New Zealand. She is not an activist, not even a protester but visionary who values and recognises diversity. She has led and served various NGO’s and is currently the Chairperson of GOPIO International Women Council. She is a creative high achiever with a deep involvement with philanthropic and linguistic areas and is always true catalyst for positive change both within New Zealand and globally. She is Formerly founding President of GOPIO Waikato Chapter and Life Member of GOPIO; Double postgraduate, an; Director Indian Cuisine in company at New Zealand; executive at National council of women, Waikato Graduate women, Multicultural council , interfaith council and Indian organizations; community advocate, serving various boards and committees, leading positions in New Zealand.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The host of this conference Mrs. Suman Kapoor Said that the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi has emphasized on historical and cultural relation between India and the out side of world and sought to promote co-operation and harmony between the all countries. This blogger’s conference being organized in New Zealand is an effort in the same direction.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Ravindra Prabhat and Mrs. Suman Kapoor jointly said that on this occasion celebrities from the field of blogging, literature, social and cultural world will be felicitated.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uZL6_MoDc1afCys9gC3LX1k3bK6GnAow2nB-Cst6F1eBL7xR2NpJ_G3xUriIVgz5WC29WtH-g6Qjo85_cquwtqFgs0oifFEAdJoPL9Yp9yxb_IQpoVfIZznXOHWd6hKyF-fSr0BdgkKJ/s1600/index.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uZL6_MoDc1afCys9gC3LX1k3bK6GnAow2nB-Cst6F1eBL7xR2NpJ_G3xUriIVgz5WC29WtH-g6Qjo85_cquwtqFgs0oifFEAdJoPL9Yp9yxb_IQpoVfIZznXOHWd6hKyF-fSr0BdgkKJ/s200/index.jpg" width="133" /></a>During the conference more than bloggers will be awarded out of which some important ones are Mrs. Rekha Rajvanshi from Australia , Mr. Ravi Kant Mittal, Mrs. Seema Gupta and Ms. Sarjana Sharma from Delhi, Mrs. Dr. Urmila Shukla from Raipur in Chhatisgarh, Dr. Anita Srivastava, Dr. Archana Srivastava, Dr. Nirmala Singh Nirmal, Ratna Srivastava, Dr. O.P. Singh and Mrs. Kusum Verma from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Rama kant Kushwaha from Deoria, Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Vijay Pratap Srivastava from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and Mrs. Sampat Devi Murarka & Rajesh Murarka from Hyderabad in Telangana.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mr. Prabhat said that during the conference, study of Hindi in global perspective especially in New Zealand, promotion of Hindi literature, various dimensions of blogging as new media and role of Social Media in changing times etc. will be discussed. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Kusum Verma Night in Auckland</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF14XtvkTJftygjEtl4hsoFxaKj-XkPhlPb-KMVnunmnLQ89KBHWOylAR7NQSSqMqHKTdIHmVd7dQn0e6ZCh_Q16U35AWfpTlgO1t9Kn3tfXvfPnOgg6HJmebUeGLRJxfWikcgx8V5Q__9/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF14XtvkTJftygjEtl4hsoFxaKj-XkPhlPb-KMVnunmnLQ89KBHWOylAR7NQSSqMqHKTdIHmVd7dQn0e6ZCh_Q16U35AWfpTlgO1t9Kn3tfXvfPnOgg6HJmebUeGLRJxfWikcgx8V5Q__9/s1600/images.jpg" /></a>After the conference in night of 25th Dec. 2016, Indian folk singer & dancer Kusum Verma will be performed on the stage.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kusum Verma is a folk-singer, Poet, performer and danser from Uttar Pradesh, India. She sings Bhojpuri and Awadhi folk songs, and has received the Parikalpna Sur-Saraswati Award for her contribution to music. Kusum did not get any sort of formal training of classical music neither before nor after becoming a successful folk singer but She had an effective command over high and low notes. She is best known for her distinctive, melodious, powerful voice, complex and dark emotional expressions which led many critics to state her voice as the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard. She is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in central Uttar Pradesh and could sing high tenor notes with ease. She has performed national and international stages, like Kolkata, Delhi, Allahabad, lucknow, Mahoba, Gonda, Lakhimpur Kheeri and Kathmandu in Nepal, Thimpu & Paro in Bhutan, Kaindi & Colombo in Sri Lanka, Pataya & Bangkok in Thaighland etc.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Along with folk song she will be presented a Nritya Natika of 1 hr 10 minutes. Which is based on a Mahakavya PADMAVAT written by very famous writer MALIK MOHAMMED JAYASI . The title of the NrityaNatika is BARAHMASA.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The theme is the queen Nagmati of the king RatnaSen of chittod is so beautiful and always want approval & praise of her beauty from friends. But one day she heard the beauty of the queen Paďmawati of Singhaldweep by her parrot Heeramann . She told it to the Heeramann not to tell it to the king but one day Heeramann explained about the beauty of Padmini to the king, King immediately depart to Singhaldweep . Naagmati cursed Heeramann for that and start waiting for the arraival of her king back to home . Means all the twelve months. It is a recorded programme . </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Art Exhibition in Hamilton</b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixti_zjFwb0Rp_gEma4c_3wp-IQy8wQVBIs0V0lLOtDcpcgU5nimJ1YwBbZKrnngZrIb4egJSIZKPylPOaYOADlvZ22pU0Xz8xFUeZ3KJPmq5GDIP67u030dXDTxzfVsm1I0uMpcWfledh/s1600/index1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixti_zjFwb0Rp_gEma4c_3wp-IQy8wQVBIs0V0lLOtDcpcgU5nimJ1YwBbZKrnngZrIb4egJSIZKPylPOaYOADlvZ22pU0Xz8xFUeZ3KJPmq5GDIP67u030dXDTxzfVsm1I0uMpcWfledh/s1600/index1.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The next day, 26th September 2016 will be held Art Exhibition and International kavi sammelan in Hamilton. Exhibited Indian folk art and culture. These are traditional painting like ; TulsiChauk, Chhath Pooja,Karwa Chauth and Kohber etc. <b>Participation </b> <b> </b> Few media persons will be participated in this conference like Ms. Sarjana Sharma, Ceative Head, kabir Communication, Mr. Ravi Kant Mittal, C.O.O. Sanskar TV and Mrs. Seema Gupta, News Editor Aj Tak. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Eight poets from india will be participated in Kavi Sammelan like Mr. Ravindra Prabhat from Lucknow, Dr. Urmila Shukla from Raipur, Dr. Ramakant Kushwaha from Deoria, Dr. Vijay Pratap Srivastava from Kushinagar, Dr. Nirmala Singh 'Nirmal' from Lucknow, Mrs. Sampat Devi Murarka from Hyderabad, Dr. Archana Srivastava from Lucknow, Mrs. Kusum Verma from Lucknow, Shri Ravi Kant Mittal from Delhi and Mrs. Ratna Srivastava (Announcer) etc. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> () () () </div>

Seventh Conference of South Asian Bloggers to be held in Newzealand.

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Jhumpa Lahiri wins the USD 50,000 DSC Prize for 2015

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000528/spectrum/28may4b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000528/spectrum/28may4b.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Indian-American</b> writer Jhumpa Lahiri won the USD 50,000 DSC Prize for Literature, one of South Asia's top literary awards for her book 'The Lowland', it was announced at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Thursday evening.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Pulitzer Prize winning author's tale of Indian brothers bound by tragedy was also shortlisted for the Man Booker prize last year.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The five authors shortlisted for the award were Bilal Tanweer for "The Scatter Here is Too Great", Jhumpa Lahiri for "The Lowland", Kamila Shamsie for "A God in Every Stone", Romesh Gunesekera for "Noontide Toll" and Shamsur Rahman Faruqi for "The Mirror of Beauty".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Lowland was Lahiri's first book, but the fourth one to be published.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature was instituted in 2010 by Surina Narula.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the official website, "The submitted book can be written by an author of any ethnicity from any country, which predominantly features themes based on South Asian culture, politics, history, or people."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For the purposes of the award, the region includes India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Burma and Afghanistan.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "This is an enormous honour for 'Lowland' and for me personally. I wish I was there in person to receive the award," newswire PTI quoted as saying through a phone conversation from Rome.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I published the book with some apprehension that I have not done justice to the events that transpired in the story. I heard about what was happening in Calcutta at that time and based on what I heard I was curious over the years and novel was result of the curiosity," she added, according to the PTI report.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The prize was given by poet Vijay Shesadri at a ceremony at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival. Publisher Caroline Newbury accepted the award on Lahiri's behalf.</div>

Jhumpa Lahiri wins the USD 50,000 DSC Prize for 2015

Indian-American writer Jhumpa Lahiri won the USD 50,000 DSC Prize for Literature, one of South Asia's top literary awards for her book...

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Quest of Humanity in the Inhuman World

<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";">POEMS OF DR. MAHENDRA BHATNAGAR</span></b><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";">     — Dr. B.C. Dwibedy</span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncpfXm02Sg_B9_qg5suJCskc8b8-palfS0kB8IuMTNIY1zoTYpQ4fsNwijgIjjaFbP-GcklAlj3vhxHmhuw21LKHlzq_OZiHayZ64gxoWsRqMoTMM4BUHc6pBgtxB6XMmYCSy5gVshvGT/s1600/Photo-MB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncpfXm02Sg_B9_qg5suJCskc8b8-palfS0kB8IuMTNIY1zoTYpQ4fsNwijgIjjaFbP-GcklAlj3vhxHmhuw21LKHlzq_OZiHayZ64gxoWsRqMoTMM4BUHc6pBgtxB6XMmYCSy5gVshvGT/s320/Photo-MB.jpg" width="258" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Dr. V.N.Mishra has rightly observed in his comments about Poems: for Human Dignity by Dr.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="14ffdf3553b70db2__GoBack"></a>M.Bhatnagar -a translated volume of his Hindi poems: “His man fired with faith divine moves on because he is firm in his conviction that one day the heart rose shall bloom in the midst of impediments galore (Poems: For Human Dignity-Introductory cover page remark by Dr. V. S. Mishra). It is definitely a giant leap by the poet towards the quest that this small essay is going to elaborate. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">For the last half a century the poet has been with avowed activity towards glorifying human dignity. A majority of his poems flourish with such themes in the hearts of readers who seek human dignity at every step.  It reminds us of the humanistic ideal: “the primacy of man in everything” or the Pythagorean maxim “man is the measure of everything”.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In his volume Poems: For Human Dignity at the outset the poet hoists the flag of love as the first marker of human dignity. From love has evolved life and with love life is lived and bereft of loveit is shattered. It is the driving force behind every action of man and this vital factor of life is at stake in the present world. Everything that man does looks at love.  Here everything does not include the action of human beasts or rather we can call them human demons that the present world is replete with. The poet expresses his blissful attitude for mankind. He wishes every man to be rich with the worship of love.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Let every man</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">of the world</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">indulge</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">always</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">in this pure best worship.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-1)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The poet has lived the life of love and dignity and has experienced the pain of undignified life for almost three quarters of a century in the social history of the country. It is not possible for him to withstand such decline. He observes that the scene of love in the life’s drama is full of infidelity that leads to hatred, separation and divorce in conjugal life.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Dr. M Bhatnagar hasunfathomed sympathy for the dignity of woman. The way man is behaving with his creator mother, loving sister, nursing wife or the offspring daughter – it’s all exhibiting only infidelity in the place of love. The poet motivates the world to revive the dignity of woman.  Moreover he is inspiring woman to keep her dignity erect on the touchstone of adversity.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Man has tried to utilize woman as a “purse purchased commodity”. The poet  rather becomes rough in his voice by using phrases such as ‘soulless slave girl’, ‘brainless  hand maid’, ‘lifeless doll’ etc. –metaphors  for woman as in the context of today’s deteriorating  life style.  He has strongly objected to the projection of woman in the world’s eyes as ‘down trodden foot wear of man’. Moreover he rejects the age old Shakespearean maxim by saying that ‘frailty is not thy name’; rather he laments the ignored dignity of woman in every nook and corner of the world.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">O, long deprived pitiable, sad,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Prisoner! You jumped in the battle field</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Taking the oath of youth</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Co-operating with the world-wide</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Lament……</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-274)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The poet envisions in every woman the greatness of epic character Draupadi and relates the world affair with the consequences of the fall of her dignity. Draupadi was ravished in the king’s court by Dushasan and the consequence was terrible. A tear from a woman’s eyes is not a good indication for the world. The poet’s prediction is meaningful in this respect.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">You will create horrible turmoil</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">By offering of sacrifices,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Your struggle will not stop, you</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Will shake the universe</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Have to pay price to you ……</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-274)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">She is the living embodiment of love herself; when she is ignored her dignity is shattered, love –the driving force gets humiliated, peace is invaded and man’s life becomes barren, he is cursed. The poet’s vision is seen as an eye opener for the human world.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Dr. MBhatnagar invokes integrity in man who is utterly disintegrated from home, land, self and soul for the sake of money.  This is another marker of human dignity but today’s man is divided in a hundred ways by caste, creed , religion, birth and so on; as such he is helpless, oppressed and shameful. In a good number of poems Dr. Bhatnagar uses an abusive tongue for man of this world while lamenting the fall of dignity into abysmal depth.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Bottomless fall of creation’s</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">grand creature.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Mean, narrow heart vomits</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Poison creating disaster.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-80)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In a major part of the volume the poet depicts the fall of dignity.  The notion that man is the replica of god has changed its meaning in the present context. While exploring the delicacies of human life the poet finds the inhuman substances. Man is not able to recognize his own self.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Again and again</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">our god incites us</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">to kill other’s god</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">to destroy the symbols of</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">their faith</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">and thus feel that</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">paradise</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">is secure only for us.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-68)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The poet here definitely points at the selfish attitude of man which induces him to be involved in acts that are not congenial to human dignity.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The division of man in various branches such as caste, religion, birth, status etc. is vehemently criticized by the poet. He inspires man to be united beyond all differences since that unified state of man is a step towards dignity. Then only poverty that compels man to be naked can come to an end.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">March, march ahead!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">To break</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Bestial horns grown on man’s head</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">And sharp teeth</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">To snap</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The inhuman casteism!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">To concentrate</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In one string</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The society and the individual.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-80)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In a major part of his poetry Dr. MahendraBhatnagar has championed the cause of those who live life in an undignified manner due to poverty, untouchability, starvation caused by injustice and suppression by the strong, terrorized and suffering from violence. These ways of life have converted the life into hell. Man leaves with a new religion –that is the religion of deception. The poet strives hard to bring a change and induce man towards human dignity, to create a new surface – a platform – on which human dignity can take a stand.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Obviously, the poet does not appreciate the naked sense of communal dignity which is a vehicle for disharmony. A sense of communality is the allied force of jealousy and violence. Every community, rather every individual should be cautious that no community, no language, no religion gets damaged due to him/them; then only man will deserve the right of safeguarding his own dignity. The same principle works here- ‘do on to others as you wish to get’. The poet observes that communal harmony itself is a part and parcel of human dignity. Tolerating others’ creed is a healthy habit since it fosters positive sentiment in man leading towards safeguarding dignity.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Live in unity,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">this is the call of Karim and Shyam,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">There should be one Hind</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">is the call of Rahim and Ram</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-80</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">In order to live life the common man has to work and earn. Love for labour is another facet of human dignity. Believing in wind-fall gain is detrimental to value of life. The poet tries to inspire man to grow with love for labour and not to tame the habit of swindling. That will control a major part of the world wide corruption. He vehemently criticizes those monks, politicians, ministers who suck blood from common man for amassing wealth and show to the world their fame and pride.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Dignity gives man protection from the attack of narrowness. Dignity of culture, heritage, and citizenship of a country helps man living with honour.  Deception or a life of double standard is not regarded as a worthy way for man. The poet tries to develop in man an indomitable spirit to dominate his complexes such as greed, avarice, anger etc. However, this is a transcended level that is to be reached at with much concentration and avowed activity by man.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">                              <wbr></wbr>                  Man will love his fellow beings</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Will rise above each division</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Forgetting the difference</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Between the familiar and unfamiliar,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Will welcome all.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">               (Poems: For Human Dignity-58)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">It will be a life of self-restrained liberty. The poet wants to see man in the form of a free willed, self-disciplined, controlled and balanced fellow traveller. He observesthat a man who exercises his liberty carelessly so as not to care for another’s prestige and recurrently hurts others is not a man who deserves any dignity.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">This man</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Shot dead</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">That one</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">With a bullet,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Because</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">He</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Spoke</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">A different</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Language.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-64)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Not only that but if a man worships the same god in another name, another form, another language he is abominated. The poet has an aversion towards such people who cannot understand such minimum surface differences and thus cannot tolerate others. He invokes modern man with a great hope.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Consider different languages</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">And scripts</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">As the accomplishments</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Of human intellect.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Modern men!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Now don’t remain mute</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">And fence sitters.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-69)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The poet wishes to establish a sublime human religion which will be the marker of human dignity and human identity. He gives a clarion call to go back to the age of homosapiens when man’s identity was not linked with a country, a religion, a caste, a sub caste, a language, a dialect, a colour and a race. Through ages we have developed and we have fostered a block of ego for our dignity and that has taught us all the undignified manners.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Sun gives its light equally to the flowers and weeds and that is its dignity. Man will love the rich and the poor equally- that will be his dignity. Man in his present stature gives a shabby look. It is not the Shakespearean man who is known as the paragon of beauty made in the image of God, but it is the man without dignity. The poet does not find any light in the future path of man.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">On man’s future path</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Reigns the limitless darkness,</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Reigns the thick darkness!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">No moon or sun visible</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Not even alarm trumpet is heard.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">On the cliff of death</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Stands the hushed humanity</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Staggering off and on!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-151)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 2in; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The poet heavily draws upon the cause of grief in the down trodden men who are deprived of all the pleasures of life and who are left with no choice but to live without human dignity. The poet advocates in support of them and makes a resolution:</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Dignity of human may ever</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Be secured and respected</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">It’s our resolution!</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">We ourselves be the maker of our fortune.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">(Poems: For Human Dignity-151)</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; border-style: none none double; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; padding: 0in 0in 11pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The poet’s perseverance towards human dignity is a theme that indicates the progressive nature of his writings.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"> </div> </div>

Quest of Humanity in the Inhuman World

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