डायस्पोरा...diaspora

दिल आवारा

तंग-गली जहान
डायस्पोरा

Key:

आवारा = vagabond

तंग = narrow 

जहान = world

डायस्पोरा = diaspora

अजीब मौसम

                                मुबश्शिर है                                                                                                                                                              अजीब ये  मौसम                                                       

                                दर्दे दिल का

                                                                         (Image from Google)

Key:

मुबश्शिर : harbinger

ताजमहल.!

                                    ताजमहल

                       संगदिल सनम

                          तुमसे कम

Key:

 संगदिल = stone hearted

Image from Google

सरोगेट...surrogate

                                                                         
                                                                         पूस की रात  
                                                                     सरोगेट मदर 
                               चैत फूल की

Approximate translation:

the flower    

born to Spring   

is borne by Autumn

Key:

 पूस = December

 चैत = March

*Images from Google

Foreword-2

श्री रामेश्वर काम्बोज ‘हिमांशु’(प्रख्यात लघुकथाकार, वैयाकरण, कवि, समीक्षक. एकल प्रकाशन:20, सम्पादन: 28, आकाशवाणी प्रसारण: 5 केन्द्रों से.) पुस्तक की भूमिका में कहते हैं:

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“...संक्षेप में कहें तो-‘चिटकते काँचघर’ की कविताएँ कोमल अनुभूतियों  की कविता है  , काँच –सी नाज़ुक कि ज़रा -सी ठेस और काँचघर सी  चिटक जाए !अब उनमें रहने को मजबूर नाज़ुक एहसास क्या करें?एहसास जो तितली के पंख जैसे कोमल और इंद्रधनुष जैसे चित्ताकर्षक रंगों से सराबोर हैं !

नतीजा एक ही है कि  चिटक गए फर्शों पर बिखरी किरचों से घायल, लहूलुहान पाँव लिये वे एहसास ऐसी कसक समोए जीते रहें ,जो शब्दों से परे हैं।इस संग्रह में कविता हो या शायरी या कुछ और, शिकवा नहीं, शिकायत नहीं, सिर्फ़ धीमी-धीमी कराहों के स्वर बिखरे हैं ,जैसे कोई चुपचाप खुद अपने ज़ख़्मों से खेल रहा हो और दर्द असहनीय हो उठने पर कराह उठे।कवि- मन में प्रकृति से बेइंतहा प्यार है ,तो उसमें डूब जाने की पुरज़ोर चाह भी है!  यहाँ तक कि कहीँ-कहीं कवि तन्मय नहीं,  तदरूप हो जाता है...

संवेदनशील पाठकों के लिए यह संग्रह एक उपहार सिद्ध होगा..."

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Foreword-1

Dr. Ved Prakash ‘Vatuk’, D.Litt.(Harvard University); Ex Secretary Hindi Parishad, London; Ex Director Folklore Institute, Berkeley, says in his foreword:

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“...प्रेम कविताओं का केंद्र-बिंदु 'मैं' नहीं, 'तुम' अधिक है।  'मिलन' से अधिक 'विरह'- जनित स्मृतियों का स्वप्न संसार विशद रूप से चित्रित हुआ है।  इन कविताओं में एक विशिष्ट प्रकार का आकर्षण है, जिजीविषा भी।  वहाँ अपने 'क़ातिल' को भी 'ख़ुदा' मानने का आग्रह है, मधुर-स्मृतियों की चिर कोपलें हैं- हृदयस्थ।  समर्पण की भावना में सागर में सरिता की तरह प्रेम में डूब जाना।  इंतज़ार का मीठा दर्द, हार में भी शहन्शाह होने का अहसास।  इस बगीचे के फूलों में सुगन्धि भी है, सुवास भी और चिरन्तन साथ देने वाले काँटों का अहसास भी।  इस खण्ड की विविधता आशान्वित करती है कि अभी कवि के पास बहुत कुछ और भी है कहने को...

कृतज्ञ हूँ कि अमित ने मुझे अपनी काव्य-सुरसरि में डुबकी लगाने का आनन्द दिया और आश्वस्त हूँ कि अभी वे बहुत दूर जायेंगे अपनी काव्य-यात्रा में, अनेक, भिन्न पड़ावों को पार करते हुए...”

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Kokila Gupta:  Wah-wah Ash-Ash ! Am speechless... so accurate emotionally and in beauty ... :) kudos ! The words are so effortless pleasant and meaningful ! you are truly multifaceted ... impressive. :) Powerful yet delicate, picturesque and beee..autiful ! I am feeling an idea forming from it.... and wonders what evoked this beautiful  verse ? Its so poignant Amit! loved its every expression including the prevalent Irony... thanks for sharing please do write more along with canning beautiful shots... wishes :)

Rachna:  Bahut achcha, Amitji!

akanksha:  Wow! Such a deep meaning, conveyed beautifully in a few words:)

Ashish Singh:  Beautiful lines..Your lines always strikes the right note..:)

Vaishali Jain:  I'd want to write as wonderfully as you weave your thoughts in words.

V. Khawani:  kya baat hai ! bahut khoob !

Tulika Sharma:  पात्रोंकेबिम्ब सुन्दर लगे ...बेहतरी सेबात कही गयी है ...

rupam sarma:  Beautiful poems..

Sylvia K:  You express so well what many of us feel! Thank you!

Anupama K. Mazumder:  True...

palak:  Beautifully expressed...

Ekta Khetan:  Too good. loved every word of it...

Arnab Maity:  I have always loved your poems...

Abhinav R   Beautiful concept and well written!

Ranjana:  Hats off to your imagination skills

Mira: It is lovely, Amitji :D

Jaleela:  Nice poetry

Follygirl:  Oh, I love this!

Suresh kumar:  waah sir ji kam shabdo me hi bahut badhiya likh diya aapne..

the little princess:  wow..what an imagination...!hats off.. there's such a sharp contrast of the damp firewood and the burning...or put it the other way, burning inspite of the dampness!! very powerful words...intricately woven..!

Navin Mathew:  Nicely written!

Indrani :  Great lines again!

Uppal :  concrete and abstract juxtaposed.:)

Rajni Sinha:  Amit ji, excellent is the only word I can use

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Rajrupa Gupta:  Wow! Hats off Amitji! The idea is so awesome

Jkhona:  the hindi version is more appealing than the english :)

Ritz:  Its like Haiku .... liked it very much

GokulDas:  Nice, To write in both languages keeeping in both the same integrity in lines, I liked it.

Surabhi Surendra: Amit ji.. bahut khoob. Bahut bahut badhiya..

Brad Dugg:  wow so beautiful amit nice

Tulika:  Beautiful imagination..

Sonia:   These lines are so pricking.. Hindi is a magical language and your words make it even more beautiful :)

Meoww:   Strong lines, well said!

manjulika pramod:  Deep thoughts... nice one sir

ladyfi:  ...painfully honest and tender poem.

Mahima:  This is so true..the profound meaning behind the words comes out so beautifully. Bohot achha likha hai :)

Jay Singh:  Too good Amitji :)

Nilanjana Bose:  Beyond beautiful....and rings so true!

Dr Archana Gupta:  wah..!

Zephyr:  Loved the Hindi version better. The economy of words is stupendous.

Akanksha:  Wow - Really beautiful!

Chaitalibhattacharjee:  Absolutely splendid and soulful....words arising out of depth....glad I read it

Deepa Gopal Sunil:  WOW Beautiful sentiment:)

Vinay Prajapati : very cool, sir

Ilakshee:  Your verse is a gentle tug...

Khushbu Verma:  woops too poignant..Amit ji

Meenakshi Malhotra:  Sad, simmering verses! beautiful

Amrita Tanmay:  अति सुंदर..

प्रतिभा सक्सेना:  बहुत गहन और सटीक !

Madan Mohan Saxena:  बहुत सराहनीय प्रस्तुति. बहुत सुंदर बात कही हैइन पंक्तियोंमें. दिल को छूगयी. आभार !

Rachna:  Amitjee, itni khoobsurati se aapne hawa ki peeda kahi hai.

DrZakir Ali Rajnish:  अमित जी, कम शब्‍दोंमेंबहुत गहरी बात कह दी आपने। बधाई।

Harikrishna:  Your poems are always so warm and nice appealing to the senses...

Monali Churi:  nice read...loved it!!

Mridula:  Kya baat hai !!

Neha Sharma:  With just 4 lines you have summarized the reality of life. Each time you read it you realize something new. Loved it. :)

Shesha Chaturvedi: Some words left us speechless unable to tell how we felt after reading them. Feelings well portrayed. Keep writing these poems. They stimulate one's mind and leave us thinking!

Kumar Suhas:  Few effective words!

deepak kripal:  superb Amit ji.. poignant words.. few words but dead on target.. like it

Sanjay Sharma:  बेहतरीन प्रस्तुति ...संजय "सिफ़र"

Arumugam Easwar:  Nice read, meaningful words

Fayaz Pasha:  Badhiya!

aliasgarmukhtiar mukhtiar:  super!

Damyanti : Profound and poignant.

saikat mbka ghosh:  sad but true fact ,,nice 1 as always :)

Sindhu:  When an author writes something which ONLY he can fully understand, it means that he has plunged to a depth unknown. Everything cannot be explained and even if explained, cannot be understood. I'm sure that you enjoyed the moment of its creation. Great work, Amit.

Nandini Deka:  very thought provoking..

Tomichan Matheikal:  Very true, especially these days when appearances are more important than one's inner worth.

Adhi Das:  amitji... ur poem on Dark is a glowing light..nice lines..GOD<3U

Vanderloost:  Very beautiful lines original as well as the translation

Roshan Yadaw:  each and every line is awwsome....behtareen combination of emotion and words"

Rohini : Absolutely beautiful!! :)

Neo Prady:  short n lethal amitji... superb !

Namrata Kumari:  वाह बहुत खूब! आपकी कविता बहुत अच्छी लगी

K V V S MURTHY:  Thought hits like a flash.....

R.Vyas:  Beautiful..Please, keep up the awesome work and continue to write more poems like this..:)

रूपचन्द्र शास्त्री मयंक : बहुत सुन्दर प्रस्तुति...!

Shweta Dave:  बहुत खूब अमितजी, हृदयस्पर्शी

Beloo Mehra:  This is intense, Amit! The original reads so beautifully, and says so much in just a few verses. Keep sharing more of your verses.

Anita:  Touching words, Amitji. Beautifully expressed!

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Deepak Karthik:  Awesome sir.. i like your perspective and the way you see  everything !

Arti:  Very heart warming, we need to be sensitive to our nature. Very well  said Sir.

Deepak Bagwari:  really ! it's touching line to life thumbs up to your writing sir :)

Indu Raviraj Singh:  वाह! बहुत खूब...sach se rubaru karati hai'n aapki panktiyaa'n...

गहनता सेभरी बेहतरीन रचना ...

Sujatha Sathya: how nicely in just two lines you have told the story of an entire life!

Jen:  You couldn't have said it more beautifully!! :) Oh it's amazing Amit ji!! :)

Akshay Kumar:  Simple, short, meaningful and beautiful. :)

Sarabjeet Singh:  excellent, simple, awesome, the best! excellent piece of work Amit ji...

one of the finest one I've ever read ...superb...

Saru Singhal:  Kya khoob likha hai aapne...Very powerful and strong ...Mazza aa gaya!

 Aap hindi mein bahut umdah likhte hai:) ..pure bliss in terms of poetry. Beautiful beyond words...

Dr. Sunil Deepak:  क्या खूब कहा है. कुछ छोटी छोटी हाईकू में पूरी गज़लें हैं!

वो कशिश, वो उलझन, वो दर्द एक कविता की पंक्तियों में कैसे समा गयी?

Nagini:  Bahuth achha likhaa hai appne Amit Jee.. Lines of reality..:-)Brilliant as always..:-)

Kajal:  beautiful.. so crisp and meaningful..loved it:)

 Anulata Nair:  remarkable expression..hats off to ur imagination,feelings and expression....thought is so very simple yet deep and impressive...बहुत सुंदर,खूबसूरत और गहरे भाव है छोटी सेरचना में...what a poetic description.....a place can never be described so well...so tenderly....so passionately....

DEBAJYOTI:  speechless. don't have words. you are too good :). i have no words. how do you come up with such lines every time? you are one of the finest poets we have !! the allegory is OUTSTANDING!! inimitable writing as always. the thought process behind your writings is what i admire most.

Purba Ray:  Profound words, woven beautifully.

Indu Chhibber:  Straight from the heart...very nice. You convey so much in so few words. What a unique thought- BREVITY +PROFUNDITY-winning combination. Your short n sweet verses are virtual powerhouses. The reality sometimes fails to measure up to expectations.

Kavita Rawat:  बहुत बढ़िया सार्थक सामयिक प्रस्तुति..

Neeraj Kumar:  Bahut sundar abhivyakti!!! Zabardast vayakhya ki hai aapne us mansikta ki jo humein har pal gherti hai.

Anjali Saini:  It's amazing !! And I must say you have really good vocab in Hindi.

Rahul Bhatia: Very nice expression!

Sangeeta Reghu Nair:  Amit - your words are so beautiful ... truely enjoyed reading Amit your hindi poetry is outstanding !! reminds of school n college reading poems in the literature books .. Keep up the good work :)

Ramakant Pradhan:  Beautiful poetry!!

Rohu:  Very beautiful and truly profound!

Latha Vijayakumar:  VERY PAINFUL BUT PRACTICAL WORD. Nice amit, hats off to u and to ur poem

Kitty:  There is a smooth flow of memories...mixed emotions - attachment n pain of missing..Very nice~ :)

Shamsud Ahmed:  Amit...you are a fine poet. I love your style.

Anupam Patra:  Your writing is a pleasurable blend of mysticism and reality. I don't have to say what an explosive combo that is. You must have got similar compliments a lot. . My My. Remarkable. Typical Amit ji pathos.

Valli: Beautifully penned those feelings...

Deepak Amembal:  wow wonderfully conceived and penned! That was brilliant Amit!!

Seema:  Amit Ji...waise aapke friends ne aapko sahi naam diya hai...'AAG'...Bahut hi sahi lines..

Varsha Tiwary: .Hindustani zubaan mein kitna wajan hai ! aur aapke kalaam mein bhee.

Monita:  Brilliant. It touched both the philosophical and spiritual chords of my heart..

Jaish Vats:  Sometimes few lines can convey a lot! Nice poem :) Guess I should have an automated system that comments Beautiful and Wah-Wah every time you write Amitji...Every one of your poems is so exquisite and beautiful...Lovely!!!

Abhyudaya Shrivastava:  Amazing poetry sir. You never cease to amaze and inspire.

हमारीवाणी: वाह! आपके फोटो और शब्दों के अंदाज़ ने निशब्द कर दिया!

Sushma Harish:  wah- masoori meri jaan padhke jaan aagaya:-) you play magic with words.

Pradip Biswas:  very beautiful pictures and poetry. Biryani and chicken roast to me.

Umashankar Pandey:  अब  तो इस दिल में लहू कम  परछाइयां ज्यादा हैं . बहुत अच्छा लिखते हैं आप .

You have beautifully managed to capture the pain the symbolic bonsai is smarting under. Nicely captured are also the potent hands of the Time. Both Hindi and English versions are excellent. The Hindi version has an edge though.

Alka Narula: this is called cold blooded murder with words , amazing ! its you and only you who can send chills down the spine...wow, well thats nt d right word need to luk up a thesaurus but doubt will find the right word to applaud you . oozing out pain..

Bikramjit Singh Mann: oooh wowo now that is how do i say EXOTIC

Ranjana:  Very nice...and its absolutely true...

Shashiprakash Saini: ३ पंक्तियों में आप बहुत कुछ कह गए ...सुन्दर...अमित जी..आपको पढ़ना हमेशा आन्नदमय रहा है

Shah Nawaz: वाह! बहुत बेहतरीन लिखा है अमित जी.... Superb!!! बेहतरीन जज्बा है...

ललित शर्मा: बेहतरीन  भावाभिव्यक्ति

Jasmeet Kukreja:  just "wow" a piece of excellence Amitji

Vineet Digga:  you have such a good command over the language and the meaning in your poems. Brilliant art Sir! :)

Seema:  I really love the way you write....you are one of my favourite....I always wait for your new lines....I wish someday i will draw some paintings for your beautiful lines...

Anil Kumar Yerrapragada:  brilliant stuff! compelled to read it for a second time and a third as well!

Ashwini Dey:  Kya kavita hai sirji. Dil khush kar dia.

Rajrupa Gupta:  Awesome!

C. Suresh: Touched a chord even in this non-poetic heart. Resonates with my own latest post, Amit! And what i spent thousands of words over, you have done it in so few so beautifully.

S Jayanth:  wonderful. flows seamlessly right into the heart! And melancholic! loved it!

Mira:  wow! nice lines Amitji

Murtaza Ali:  Beautiful! Words can often appear to be so futile but when wielded by a worthy wordsmith they are indeed capable of producing real wonders, giving hope and spreading happiness!!! :-)

Neha:  Elegant and pristine :)

Ranita Sinha:  Beautifully knitted words and then lines..thoroughly enjoyed..So wonderful..full of meaning and one can relate to it easily.

Simran:  So beautiful! Worth reading it :)

KayEm:  Starved of soil and water, my roots hacked off and still I survive and am beautiful.

 Lovely, Amit!

D.Nambiar:  Wow! The beauty of your lines have gotten me into reading some Hindi again.

Just how many people can write beautiful poetry in two languages? Brilliant, I say. :) The pathos in your poetry shines.  Always.

Mak:  i am speechless Amit sir. It is very touching. You have expressed the pain. Thank you

Sangeeta Swaroop (GEET):   गजब की अभिव्यक्ति ... बहुत खूबसूरत रचना ॥गहनता लिए हुये... दीपावली के अगले दिन का सटीक चित्रण ..... बहुत संवेदनशील रचना

Panchali:  Great imagery, Amit....! Brilliant piece...

Sushmita:  wow...such thoughtful poem!!

Farila:  Lovely expression.

sathish kumar:  thought provoking lines sir.

Shail Mohan: That's a thought well expressed.

Ghazala Hossain:  Wah janab :) You have a great command over hindi language :) There is a deep heart breaking meaning to this. Very nice :)  Your words have a deeper meaning. Kuch na kah kar bhi bahut kuch kahne ka andaaz hai aap me :D

TTT:  WOW excellent ! so b'ful Amit ! Ah the end of the poem tugs at my heart...

jayadevm:  Crisp and intense, Amit!

gunjan kumar:  i have become a fan of your poems... HIndi one is just mind blowing

Neha Shandilya:  Amazing!! :)

Mahi S:  Love ur writing...

Nasir:  Too good, just brilliant..lot to learn from you sir!

Vikram Karve:  Very Powerful Writing.

Puru:  Irshad ! Such a beautiful piece of poetry :)

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2.       Amazon India: http://www.amazon.in/Chitakte-Kaanchghar-Hindi-Amit-Agarwal/dp/9381696705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432970214&sr=8-1&keywords=9789381696705

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