Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar & His Poems

Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar

Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar's is one of the significant post-independence voices in Hindi and Indian English Poetry, expressing the lyricism and pathos, aspirations and yearnings of the modern Indian intellect. Rooted deep into the Indian soil, his poems reflect not only the moods of a poet but of a complex age.

Born : 26 June 1926: Jhansi (U.P.), Edu. : M.A. (1948), Ph.D. (1957) from Nagpur University; Retd. Professor.

Several volumes of poetry in English and other languages are published, viz. In French 'A MODERN INDIAN POET : Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar : UN POÈTE INDIEN ET MODERNE; In English  Forty Poems of Mahendra Bhatnagar  After The Forty Poems  Exuberance and other poems  Dr.Mahendra Bhatnagar's Poetry  Death Perception : Life Perception  Passion and Compassion  Poems : For A Better World  A Handful of Light  Lyric-Lute. etc. Poems are translated in most of the Indian languages.
Published research & critical studies :
(1) Living Through Challenges : A Study of Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar's Poetry
(2) Poet Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar : His Mind And Art.

Adviser — 'POETCRIT' (H.P.) & 'VICHAR-DRISHTI' (Delhi-Patna) At present — Reasearch Guide in many Indian Universities.

Contact : 110 BalwantNagar, Gandhi Road, Gwalior — 474 002 (M.P.) INDIA / Phone : 0751-4092908 / E-Mail : drmahendrabh@rediffmail.com


WITH FLAGS OF PEACE
Poet : Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar

No matter how vigorous
The drum-beat of war may be
We shall hold fast
The banner of peace aloft!
And the suppression of the voice of peace
We shall not allow!

From the dawn of history
We have faith in peace and humanity,
Gautam and Gandhi are dearest to our hearts!

Molesting anyone is sin for us,
We come not in any body's way
Quarrels we do not pick,
World friendship and mutual love
Is our message eternal,
Enough affection have we
For the tormented and destructed world!

Our hands will uplift the down-trodden,
And we shall save
Millions of down-cast mute molested
Fear-stricken injured sisters
From the cruel clutches of the devils!

We love smiles of children innocent;
Alluring are the folk-songs of the shepherds and farmers!
We shall never let these songs of mirth
Turn into painful sighs and groans!
Nor let the smiles be blood-stained!
We pledge we shall never let the lightning
Crash on the innocent dreams of Resurgent Man!

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WOMAN REBORN
Poet : Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar
You aren't a purse-purchased commodity of man,
Nor are you the soulless slave girl,
The brainless hand-maid and the lifeless doll.

No longer are you the age-old
Down-trodden footwear of man,
Not a source of pleasure and pastime any more
Frailty is not thy name.

A bed of roses you desire not.
Nor are you caught in the whirl-pool any more
But banks distant you adorn now.

No longer shall injustice crush you,
New power and zeal of the time is with you;
Your hands are now free from chains;
Prison social or personal confines you not,
Nor does man dominate your mind and body
That you submit to his whims
And utter not a complaint even by chance.

On behalf of the youths millions of the world
I speak, not as your lord, but as a friend;
I simply wish to bind you
With bonds silken of eternal love!

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(Dr. Bhatnagar’s Phone : 0751-2341955


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