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07Feb
56 comments on “The Springtime Wind —A Translation”

The Springtime Wind —A Translation

Posted by umashankaron February 7, 2017August 19, 2026in Poems, Translation56 Comments

Basanti Hawa, or the ‘Springtime Wind’, was the first Hindi poem I fell in love with, early in my childhood. It is written by Kedarnath Agarwal, a much-awarded doyen of Hindi literature. The poem captures the freshness, fullness and essence…

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06May

That I Live Still —A Translation

Posted by umashankaron May 6, 2007December 25, 2019in Poems, Translation

"Emotions! What right had anyone to meddle with emotions? Words were invented to conceal emotions. It was the dreadfulness of raw emotion that had made language a basic necessity." ~Isaac Asimov I have been writing for long, mostly for folios…

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