Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar's is one of the significant post-independence voices in Hindi and Indian English Poetry, expressing the lyricism and pathos, aspirations and yearnings of the modern Indian intellect. Rooted deep into the Indian soil, his poems reflect not only the moods of a poet but of a complex age.
Born : 26 June 1926: Jhansi (U.P.), Edu. : M.A. (1948), Ph.D. (1957) from Nagpur University; Retd. Professor.
Several volumes of poetry in English and other languages are published, viz.In French'A MODERN INDIAN POET : Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar : UNPOČTEINDIENETMODERNE; In EnglishŤForty Poems of Mahendra Bhatnagar ŤAfter The Forty Poems ŤExuberance and other poems ŤDr.Mahendra Bhatnagar's Poetry ŤDeath Perception :Life PerceptionŤPassion and Compassion ŤPoems : For A Better World ŤAHandfulofLightŤLyric-Lute. etc. Poems are translated in most of the Indian languages.
Published research & critical studies :
(1)Living Through Challenges :A Study of Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar's Poetry
(2)Poet Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar: His Mind And Art.
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Contents: 1. Gratitude. 2. Gratitude; again. 3. The wheel of death. 4. Free from worry. 5. Contemplation. 6. A puzzle. 7. The truth. 8. Forms of death. 9. Conclusion. 10. Life-death. 11. A pair. 12. The opposite. 13. Equal. 14. Sakhi. 15. A desire. 16. Reality. 17. The philosophy of life. 18. Excelsior! 19. Experimenting. 20. Meaningfulness. 21. A prayer. 22. A mirage. 23. A vow. 24. The call of conquest. 25. A call. 26. One day. 27. Purpose. 28. A wish. 29. A longing. 30. Proved. 31. Healthy vision. 32. Compatibility. 33. Dreadful. 34. The philosophy of death. 35. An invitation. 36. To the fairy of death. 37. A request. 38. The mode of death. 39. A comparison. 40. The distance. 41. The end. 42. A blow. 43. Truth. 44. Preordained. 45. A proclamation. 46. I bow thee. 47. Good bye. 48. An ascetic. 49. The last will. 50. Kritkarma. Appendices.
"These poems of Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar represent a wide range in terms of theme, mood and tone. They give us a glimpse of Mahendra Bhatnagar’s high stature as a Hindi poet, who can induce in the reader serious thinking as well as aesthetic delight. Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar is most successful in vivifying directly-
