Remembering Dushyant Kumar
Dushyant Kumarย (1 September 1933 โ 30 December 1975), a Hindi poet andย ghazalkar.ย The popularity that Dushyant Kumar got in the field of contemporary Hindi poetry, especially Hindi ghazals, is rare for a poet after decades. Dushyant is a timeless poet, and such poets remain relevant even after the change in time. The voice of Dushyantโs writing echoes from the road to the Parliamentv. This poet wrote in all genres of poetry, songs, ghazals, poetry, drama, stories. But the immense popularity of ghazals put other genres in the background. He died on 30 December 1975.
Life and Eternity
Dushyant Kumar was born on 1 September 1933 at Navada Village of Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh in a Tyagi family. He earned his MA with Hindi as his core subject from Allahabad University. Dushyant Kumar was married to Smt. Rajeshwari Tyagi.
His notable works are Saaye mein Dhoop, Ek Kanth Vishpayi, Mann Ke Kon and many moreโฆ Here are few stanzas from his greatest poetry.
kaise ฤkฤsh meรฑ sลซrฤแธณh nahฤซรฑ ho saktฤ
ek patthar to tabฤซ.at se uchhฤlo yaaro
mere siine meรฑ nahฤซรฑ to tere siine meรฑ sahฤซ
ho kahฤซรฑ bhฤซ aag lekin aag jalnฤซ chฤhiye
kahฤรฑ to tai thฤ charฤฤกhฤรฑ har ek ghar ke liye
kahฤรฑ charฤฤกh mayassar nahฤซรฑ shahar ke liye
zindagฤซ jab azaab hotฤซ hai
ฤshiqฤซ kฤmyฤb hotฤซ hai
sirf haรฑgฤma khaแธฤ karnฤ mirฤ maqsad nahฤซรฑ
merฤซ koshish hai ki ye sลซrat badalnฤซ chฤhiye
Dushyant Kumar died at the age of 42 on 31 December 1975, due to a cardiac arrest in Bhopal. A contemporary of Dr. Harivanshrai Bachchan, Dushyant made valuable contributions to Hindi and Urdu Literature during his lifetime.
Award, recognitions, and Legacy
The legend had left remarkable impression of mankind with his thoughts, imagination.ย The poem “Ho Gayi hai Peer Parvat Si”(เคนเฅ เคเค เคนเฅ เคชเฅเคฐ เคชเคฐเฅเคตเคค-เคธเฅ)ย was sung often byย Arvind Kejriwalย during theย Anti-Corruption Movementย (2011โ2012) inย India. In September 2009, the Indian Department of Posts issued a commemorative stamp with Dushyant Kumar’s image.
A museum dedicated to Dushyant Kumar exists in C. T. T. Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
In the movie Masaan, the line “Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai” was taken from his poem.
ABP Newsย and the Hindi poetย Kumar Vishwasย did a segment on Dushyant Kumar in their show Mahakavi on 12 and 13 November 2016.
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