{"product_id":"the-year-of-the-poet-the-poetry-posse-9781961498259","title":"The Year of the Poet IX May 2024","description":"\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRenowned Poets: Makhanlal Chaturvedi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I don't wish to be adorned as an ornament of a beautiful\u003cbr\u003e bride\u003cbr\u003eI have no craving to be a gift presented to the beloved, \u003cbr\u003eI don't cherish to be placed on the casket or grave of great\u003cbr\u003e kings, \u003cbr\u003eI never desire to be on the heads of the idols of Gods, \u003cbr\u003edear gardener rather pluck me and be throw me on the road\u003cbr\u003ewhere the soldiers march forward to sacrifice their heads for their motherland!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A flower's wishes\" by Makhanlal Chatturvedi \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe above stanza is the translated version of the famous Hindi poem PUSHPA KI ABHILASHA written by Padma Bhusan Pandit Makhan Lal Chaturvedi. In this poem he expresses his feelings for his nation through a flower. The personified flower says that it is not preferable to become a garland of a beloved or to adorn the hair of beautiful women or be offered to God or on the funeral of great kings. The only wish the flower is to lie on the path on which brave soldiers pass to sacrifice their lives for the nation. 'A Flower's Wishes' is written in the Bilaspur prison, situated in present-day Chhattisgarh, was an allegorical poetry representing the nation's spirit of freedom and selfless sacrifice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePandit Makhan Lal Chaturvedi, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his contribution to Chhayavaad and the Neo-romanticism movement of Hindi literature. He has taken an active part in the Non-Cooperation Movement and was jailed in 1921. His literature showed his intense desire for India's freedom from British rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis famous poems are \"I am afraid of myself\", The prisoner and the Nightingale\", 'Climbing the mountain slowly\" \"Air,\" \"Boon or curse\", \"youth\", 'Immortal Nation\" \"Let me cry\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewhat do you sing?\u003cbr\u003eWhy do you keep going?\u003cbr\u003ethe cuckoo speak up!\u003cbr\u003eWhat do you bring?\u003cbr\u003eWhose message is it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- the soldier and the cuckoo - \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi (4 April 1889 - 30 January 1968), was an Indian poet and editor famous for his works such as Venu Lo Gunje Dhara, Him Kirtini Him Tarangini, Yug Charan, Sahitya Devata, etc. He was born in in a Babai [Makhan Nagar] village of Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh in India on 4 April 1889. He is a writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for Independence and his contribution to the Neo Romanticism movement of Hindi literature, known as Chhayavaad. Indian language went through a nationwide phase of romantic writing in the period between the two World Wars (1920 -1935). This phase overlapped with the nationalist movement Chhayavaad, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe became a school teacher at the age of sixteen. Later he was the editor of the nationalist journals Prabha, Pratap and Karmaveer, and was repeatedly incarcerated during the British Raj. His noted works in Hindi are \u003ci\u003eHim Kirtini\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHim Tarangini\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYug Charan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSahitya Devata\u003c\/i\u003e, and his most noted poems are \u003ci\u003eVenu Lo Gunje Dhara\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeep Se Deep Jale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKaisa Chhand Banaa Deti hai\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgnipath\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePushp ki Abhilaashaa\u003c\/i\u003e [...] \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong live global peace .... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSwapna Behera\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCultural Ambassador of India and South East Asia for Inner Child Press International.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e The Poetry Posse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1961498251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961498259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Inner Child Press, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"The Poetry Posse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442763739391,"sku":"9781961498259","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a625ceb-2380-4860-8f4d-48e02e176fdf.jpg?v=1777199611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-of-the-poet-the-poetry-posse-9781961498259","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}