The much-awaited new poetry collection “Jeevan Ke Rang-Doho Ke Sang” by senior writer of Aligarh Dr. Avnish Rahi is being published on his birthday on 11th July by “Jigyasa Prakashan” Ghaziabad, UP. This collection of couplets has a large collection of 800 couplets touching the colors, ups and downs, human values and Indian culture of various aspects of life, which have also been translated with their meanings. In this context, a special “literary journey” on the birthday of Shri Rahi…
Born on 11 July 1974 in an ordinary family of Aligarh, lyricist Dr. Avnish Rahi is that strong signature of the pen who, moved by the gruesome incident of the assassination of the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, wrote his first song at the age of 10 and knocked on the door of writing the great script of humanity on the land of literature. For this reason, he also has the pride of being the youngest lyricist.
Whereas your first poetry collection Bhakton Ki Pukar was published in the teenage of 14 years from Narayan Das Bookseller Nayaganj Hathras, while touching the youth of 15 years, the first musical album “Kali Chunari” was released from Rahul Cassette Dibai Bulandshahr and since then, this 40-year marathon writing journey continues uninterrupted in the interest of the country, society and the people.
All your literature is a witness that you never accepted being a court poet, nor did you ever sing praises of the king or the government to please them in the desire for praise and awards. Rather, keeping human values at the top, attacking the burning issues and evils of the society, you kept the burning questions of social inequality, system, hunger, poverty, unemployment prominently. And always wrote and sang about the pain of the people. That is why you are known as a people’s poet today. Lyricist Dr. Avnish Rahi, life member of “The Film and Screen Writers Association Mumbai”, has composed hundreds of songs so far. Many music albums, cassettes, CDs, DVDs of the songs written by you have been released by the country’s renowned companies like T-Series, Venus, Tips, Lara, Sisodia, Nargis, Sai Records, J.V.L. etc. Not only this, today the songs written by you have been sung by Bollywood playback singers like Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, Vandana Vajpayee, Anoop Jalota, Sadhna Sargam, Ravindra Jain, Shahid Mallya, Tripti Shakya, Shabab Sabri, Khushboo Jain, Damodar Rao. Apart from this, your musical films Suno Bhim Kahani” and “Dr. Ambedkar Jeevan Gatha has created new dimensions of success. And has proved to be a milestone in the establishment of an egalitarian society. This musical film released by “Gulshan Kumar Super Cassettes T-Series” has received love and affection from crores of viewers. Apart from this, today you are also writing songs for many big screen feature films of Mumbai, among which Mission Hour, Pyar Toh Hameesh Rahega and Rashtramata Savitribai Phule are notable.
If we talk about the books and poetry collections of lyricist Dr. Avnish Rahi, who is a lecturer in Aligarh’s “Hiralal Barah Saini Inter College”, then dozens of your poetry collections have been published such as Rahi’s timeless creations Kalam Ki Vedna, Mera Masiha- Mera Qatil, Jeevan-Gyanpunj, Zakhmi Kalam-Sisakte Nagme, Un Dinon 1992, Kaavya-Manjri, Kavita Ke Rang-Shabdon Ke Sang etc. etc. Not only this, you have also written three epics Bhim Charitmanas, Buddha Gyan Mahasagar and Manyavar Kanshiram Charitmanas in joint authorship with your father, litterateur Mahakavi Amar Singh Rahi ji. Each epic is divided into seven cantos in which all the folk genres like Doha, Chaupai, Chhand, Savaiya, Lavni, Chaubola, Samvad, Bahratabbeel, Alha, Radheshyam have been included. These epics have been released in Rashtrapati Bhavan by the hands of the then President His Excellency Dr. Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President His Excellency Dr. Hamid Ansari and Honorable Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ji. It is also important to clarify here that all your creations are such that they stir the inner soul of a human being, shake it or you can say that they work to make a man a man. All such timeless creations of yours can be seen on your YouTube channel “Dr. “IPRS Mumbai” can be seen and heard on Avnish Rahi“. The noteworthy thing is that these compositions have been filmed on you.
Lyricist Dr. Avnish Rahi, a lifelong member of “IPRS Mumbai”, has a long list of honours and awards.For your social activities and creation of a healthy society, you have been awarded with many awards like Aligarh Ratna, Ozone Ratna, Dr. Ambedkar Ratna, Uttar Pradesh Gaurav, Life Time Achievement Award-Nepal, Samyak Sahitya Ratna Samman, Dr. Ambedkar Fellowship Award, Sahitya Gaurav Samman, Bhartiya Triratna Samman, Sahitya Puraskar, Bhim Ratna Samman, Saraswati Putra Samman, Best Editor of the Year-2024, Dr. Ambedkar Human Rights Award and Gold Medal by the then Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs. Sheila Dixit. While recently, on the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, in the literary fortnight of “Hindi National Day”, you were honoured with the honour of “Honorary Degree of Vidya Vachaspati Doctorate-2024” for your incomparable contribution in the field of education, literature, culture, art and song creation by “Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Hindi Vidyapeeth”, on the other hand, you were honoured with the national award “Bharat Vibhushan” by the hands of the Assembly Speaker Hon’ble Ram Niwas Goyal ji in the Chief Minister’s Auditorium of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Recently, with the aim of bringing Asian countries on one platform at the global level, in a programme organised under the joint aegis of Nepal Culture and Film Centre, you were also honoured with the “International Achievers Awards-2024 Nepal” for your special contribution at the international level. It should be known that you have been awarded “Sahitya Shiromani Shabd-Samman” by cine-actress Bhagyashree and “Rashtriya Gaurav Sahitya Shree Samman” by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Hon’ble Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla ji, as well as “Geet-Gandharva Sahitya Samman”. And as a special achievement, just last month, you were awarded “Chandbardai Geet Rishi Rajasthan Samman” by the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan in the memory of the first great Hindi poet “Chandbardai”.