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Moriz Winternitz considered the poem to be the "most beautiful among the non–religious poems of the Rig Veda." [ 4 ] Arthur Anthony Macdonell writes the following about the poem: "Considering that it is the oldest composition of the kind in existence, we cannot but regard this poem as the most remarkable literary product."
Besides writing, he earned his living teaching in a college and was a Professor of Hindi Literature in Dharma Samaj College, Aligarh. [6] [7] Around 2012, Neeraj was the chancellor of Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. [citation needed] Several poems and songs written by Neeraj have been used in Hindi movies.
Kanhaiyalal Sethia (() 11 September 1919 – () 11 November 2008) was a well-known Rajasthani and Hindi poet. He was born in Sujangarh, in what is now Churu District in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Pandit Narendra Sharma (28 February 1913 – 12 February 1989) was an Indian writer, poet and lyricist in Hindi language. He also wrote some songs for Indian Hindi cinema, like the title song for Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1979), [2] [3] for which he also received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Lyricist.
This makes his poetry accessible to Indian audiences and explains his popularity in the poetic meets held in non-Urdu areas. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His poetry exuding love for mother and motherland reached global audience through skillful translation by fellow Indian poet Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan .
Songs of Kabir (New York: MacMillan, 1915) [1] is an anthology of poems by Kabir, a 15th-century Indian spiritual master. It was translated from Hindi to English by Rabindranath Tagore , a Nobel Prize-winning author and noted scholar.
Apart from writing ghazals and poems, he also worked for cinema. In 1986 he had written the story, script and songs for a regional Haryana Language movie named Choti Saali. He regularly used to recite poems from Akashvaani (India Radio service) & Doordarshan (India TV Service). His poems were regularly printed in newspapers & Hindi magazines.
His poem "Barangana" (Prostitute) stunned society with its depiction of prostitutes who he addresses in the poem as "mother". [ 70 ] [ 71 ] In the poem, Nazrul Islam accepts the prostitute as a human being first, reasoning that this person belonged to the "race of mothers and sisters"; he criticises society's negative views on prostitutes.