I had read this poem when I was in school around 40 years ago. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sanjay-srivastava445/message

Tribute to late Irrfan Khan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sanjay-srivastava445/message

I first read this poem when I was in class 7th or 8th. Almost all my childhood friends remember this poem at least its first couple of lines if not the whole poem. Whenever any of us mention these lines our faces lit up with the precious innocence of childhood / "schoolhood".   I am reciting this poem on my childhood friend Ashish's insistence. Sanjay  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sanjay-srivastava445/message

We learnt this poem, "Nar Ho Na Niraash Karo Man Ko" by Rashtra Kavi Shri Maithali Sharan Gupta, in school. Its message is louder today for humanity struggling to emerge victorious from the clutches of pandemic Covid-19. Thanks to my childhood friend Ashish, I am sharing the trailer of the poem recited by me. Sanjay  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sanjay-srivastava445/message