I lived from 1929-1990. I was from India, and am in the Asian category.
Raghuvir Sahay was born in Lucknow. He did his M.A. in English lierature and was among the most imporatnt figures on the contemporary literary scene in India.
He was part of the idealistic generation that grew up fired by the Independence movement in India, and watched it unfold and later also watched those dreams of millions falling to pieces as many ills threatened the integrity and unity of the nation.
His writings are an expression of wide concerns. Sahay belongs to a tradition of literature that looks forward rather than to the past for inspiration, for whom the golden age would come when the aspirations of all the millions of people are fulfilled. His concern for people expressed itself in the voice of democracy and scientific temper.
Sahay, like most literary figures of his generation was not merely a significant poet. He was a writer-journalist, a social commentator, a literary critic and a partisan for secularism. From late 60's till the beginning of 80's he was editor of Hindi weekly Dinman, the best political-social journal in Hindi. He advocated the use of a language that preserved the heritage of Hindustani, the Hindi-Urdu synthesis.
He died in December 1990, without having compromised on any of his ideals.
He was part of the idealistic generation that grew up fired by the Independence movement in India, and watched it unfold and later also watched those dreams of millions falling to pieces as many ills threatened the integrity and unity of the nation.
His writings are an expression of wide concerns. Sahay belongs to a tradition of literature that looks forward rather than to the past for inspiration, for whom the golden age would come when the aspirations of all the millions of people are fulfilled. His concern for people expressed itself in the voice of democracy and scientific temper.
Sahay, like most literary figures of his generation was not merely a significant poet. He was a writer-journalist, a social commentator, a literary critic and a partisan for secularism. From late 60's till the beginning of 80's he was editor of Hindi weekly Dinman, the best political-social journal in Hindi. He advocated the use of a language that preserved the heritage of Hindustani, the Hindi-Urdu synthesis.
He died in December 1990, without having compromised on any of his ideals.
Popular poetry
- It may sound like socialism to say
we should treat horses like human beings,20 lines, 2 comments - I journeyed to a distant land,
changed planes three times,18 lines, 1 comment - I ought to do much more
in this unwhole world53 lines - Tousands upon thousands upon thousands
starved to death: so the report.7 lines - An LP of sitar music, the tempo
a fast one, but something wrong,11 lines, 1 comment - A death-wish is the wish of the able.
The hapless wants to live.11 lines - We shall appear on television,
we the fit and able.51 lines
