हिन्दी कविता
Dashain
Not merely a festival,
not just a ritual repeated each year
It is a remembrance of history:
of Ram’s triumph, of Durga’s might
It is the awakening of truth within,
the search for a light that pierces the dark,
an eternal emblem of our culture
Dashain is not only a myth,
not merely jamara and tika
It is a way to keep faith alive,
to fill the heart with unending hope and blessings
It is the discipline of resolve,
a pledge of brotherhood and friendship,
the enduring footprints left by our ancestors
Beyond joy and celebration,
Dashain arrives carrying questions
Is it a festival of victory?
Or the beginning of a new journey of consciousness?
In the red tika lies the memory of sacrifice,
in the green jamara, the sanctity of strength
It is Dashain that brings warmth
to hearts worn down, helpless, and unseen
The temple bells ring with its voice:
a sound of hope and of faith
Dashain calls back the lost,
It is the dawn that awakens the forgotten
In the songs of triumph,
there is the touch of transformation
Beyond the refrain of “feast and revel,”
Dashain comes bearing the meaning
of the red tika and green jamara
In the crimson of trust, it seeks the future,
in the green of hope, it stirs the heart,
carrying the manifesto of justice and morality
In faces lit by faith’s gentle glow,
Dashain reflects in the tender blades of jamara
It whispers nature’s quiet truth,
that even after destruction, life sprouts again
The worship of Goddess Durga
comes not only to vanquish demons,
but to conquer the fears, despair, and injustice within
At the confluence of hope, faith, and resolve,
Dashain arrives to awaken a new dawn,
from the womb of every shattered night.
Suman Barsha
Suman Varsha is a poet and novelist. She has published two novels and a collection of short stories. She also writes beautiful poems. She is a lecturer at Pashupati Campus. She is an active literary figure along with social service.
