This episode was first recorded during COVID pandemic, so the first poem serves as a warning message for people to be careful. The title of the poem is – “Mat Nikal” (मत निकल - Don’t go out), a poem written by Sharad Gupta Ji but wrongly recognized as written by Harivansh Rai Bachchan, probably because of its similarity with Agnipath (अग्निपथ). However, every word of the poem is spot-on for the situation during pandemic, like this:

संतुलित व्यवहार कर, बन्द तू किवाड़ कर

घर में बैठ, इतना भी तू ना मचल

मत निकल, मत निकल, मत निकल

Then we read a poem actually written by Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan – Andhere ka Deepak (अंधेरे का दीपक - a lamp in the dark). This is a well known poem of optimism and hope, which gives a message of lighting a lamp however dark one’s time may get. A ray of hope in the face of difficult and changing times. Some hard-hitting lines, such as these:

किन्तु ऐ निर्माण के प्रतिनिधि, तुझे होगा बताना,

जो बसे हैं वे उजड़ते हैं प्रकृति के जड़ नियम से,

पर किसी उजड़े हुए को फिर बसाना कब मना है?

है अँधेरी रात पर दीपक जलाना कब मना है? 

Credits:

Poems written by Sharad Gupta and Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan; Voice: Arisudan

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