Comments on: #Untrendy Topics: Modern Hindi Poetry

By: LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:35:29 +0000

Is there mash-up Indian poetry?

Saheli, check out one by one of the original Indian poets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Khusro#Unique_Multi-lingual_Poem

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:50:32 +0000

Sonya, if you liked Khake, you will like this one as well

http://www.roopd.kitaban.com/roopd.pdf http://kitaban.com/roopd/kaldar.pdf

By: Sonya

Sonya — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:25:27 +0000

That’s great Wanderer bro! I’ll try to get through that. Happy belated 4th of July all!

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:18:15 +0000

I noticed you were only interested in the 30s and 60s after I had posted contempory writers,,so here is something of theat period

http://www.apnaorg.com/books/soze-1/khake.html

By: Yo Dad

Yo Dad — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:25:34 +0000

Thanks. Moong Daal,Toor Daal, Masoor Daal,Channa Daal, Urad Daal, Kali Daal, Tadka Daal…Whatev.;-)

By: Moong Daal

Moong Daal — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:17:05 +0000

Just for you Yo Dad http://pustakalay.com/sahitya.pdf

By: Literati

Literati — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:06:22 +0000

I agree with #74

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:33:38 +0000

Actually, I read in Le Monde about a recent homage to Harivansh Rai Bachchan in Paris at the ThÃ©atre des Champs ElysÃ©es :

Amitabh Bachchan- Homage to the Poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Sunday, 13 June 2010, 8:00pm – 9:30pm

Amitabh Bachchan will be at the ThÃ©atre des Champs ElysÃ©es for a recital of about 20 poems of his father Poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. He will recite them in Hindi (subtitled in French). For the occasion, he will be accompanied by a group of seven musicians from Bombay. The poems of Harivansh Rai detail the human condition with personal experiences as the starting point, to which the language of poetry gives a universal dimension…

http://indiansinparis.com/events?task=view_detail&agid=350&year=2010&month=6&day=13

Apparently it was very successful. There are videos on YouTube of the recital.

By: KolkataMei

KolkataMei — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:02:57 +0000

Part of the Indian American – esp DBD – experience is the longing for and communal sharing of something familiar. That’s the point of comments in other languages… To me, seeing this post was validation of my worth as a DBD to this site/blogger. It spoke to me in a way in a way that posts on dating or growing up brown in America didn’t. Also posting in the original language takes care of the lost in translation factor esp. for poetry which relies so much on economy of word.

By: Moong Daal

Moong Daal — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:05:23 +0000

Having just gone to on “Inheriting…a bunch of dating problems “, how many bloggers actually understand any language ( to read that is) than English? Is there a point in posting in original Hindi?