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AN INTRODUCTION 11
DINU BHAI PANT The Beauty of My Land 17 Who is this dear son of his mother 19 Worship 22
RAM NATH SHASTRI Daybreak 23 Life 26 Jungle 30
VED PAL DEEP An evening wet with rain 32 Ghazal 34 Home and workplace 35
YASH SHARMA Song 3o Acquaintance 38 Song 40
SHAMBHU NATH Memory 41 Cloud 43 TARA SAMAILPURI Songs galore 44 Where, how should I call you 48 Landmines 51
Contents KEHRI SINGH MADHUKAR The oilpress 54 A will in the name of new man 57 Three small poems 59
PADMA SACHDEV A drop 61 Questions 62 Cart driver 64
RAM IAL SHARMA Ghazal 66 Ghazal 67
CHARAN SINGH Two peaks 68 Train of thought 71
NARSINGH DEV JAMWAL A Card 73 Common vs. Uncommon 75 Creativity 77 Totakas 79
MOHAN LAL SAPOLIA I am kindling latent love 80 A treasure house 82 Chaumukhas 85
SHIV RAM DEEP Ghazal 86 Far beyond the signposts 87 Ghazal 89
A Selection of Contemporary Dogri Poetry JITENDRA UDHAMPURI A revolution: A handkerchief 90 The letter of a prisoner 95 This moon of yours 98
O. P. SHARMA SARATHI I too am not apart 100 What is seen 101 A hanging painting 102
SANTOSH KHAJURIA Hurricane 103
SAGAR PALAMPURI Ghazal 105
KUNWAR VIYOGI Unwritten words 106
VIRENDRA KESAR Tunes 108 Ghazal 109
MOHAN SINGH Snow 110 Night 112 Every morning 114
DHYAN SINGH An evening in Akhnoor 116 Winter drought 117 Enigma 119 GYANESHWAR Music 120
OM VIDYARTHI Ambition 122
Contents MOHAMMAD YASIN BAIG Word-nectar 123 Days like birds 128 A wayside stone 130
ARVIND Wrinkles 131 Childhood 133 First poem 134
ABHISHAAP Birds of memories 135 Some naked cloud 137
DARSHAN DARSHI From a king to a pauper 139 Ghazal 140 From Bhopal to Ujjain 141
VIJAYVARMA Ghazal 143
PAVITTAR SINGH SALATHIA Love 144 My village 146
INDERJIT KESAR Men were massacred, houses were burnt 148 RAVINDRA KAUL Go to sleep, my chilld 149
DEEPAK DOGRA Silence 151
8 A Selection of Contemporary Dogri Poetry VEDRAHI Jewel of blood 152 Sunrise 156 Words 158 Silence 161
USHAVYAS The ventilator, the sun and the sparrow 163
OM GOSWAMI The mansion and the cross 165
ASHWINI MAGOTRA Flutter, O pipal leaf 171 Ghazal 172 Ghazal 173
SHIV DEV MANHAAS Seeking 174 Me and He 175 Love knows only the language of silence 176
CHAMPA SHARMA Gift packed with blessings 177
SURJIT SINGH 'HOSH' Even now... 182
ABOUT THE POETS 185
Contents PPN: 262953722 Titel: A Selection of contemporary Dogri poetry / selected and translated by Shivanath. - New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi, 2006 ISBN: 81-260-2271-Xpbk. Bibliographischer Datensatz im SWB-Verbund