Patradoot Or the Messenger 21/Many

Patradoot or The Messenger21 /Many English version by Ravindra K Kapoor Originally written in Hindi by my Late father Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor Some where you would see, Arti* being performed, dear letter, At some place you would witness, milk being offered on Shivlinga,* And some where you would hear, the melodies of a Chorus song, Sung by girls having sweetness in voice, like that of a Koyal*. DESCRIPTION OF MY BELOVED’S PLACE ALLAHABAD My lovely city of Allahabad is situated, dear letter, On the bank of holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna, Where sacrifices and ascetic practices is a way of life, For which we all Indian feel proud of it since ages. Ravindra Kanpur India 12th June 2006 to continue in 21 Protected as per Poetry Soup’s copy write protections Note: If any reader who is not a member of Poetry soup has any question or queries, they can send me an email on kapoor_skk@yahoo.com Background of this Epic The Patradoot was written originally by my later father Dr.Amar Nath Kapoor in 1932. He had joined India’s Freedom struggle in 1920 on the call of Mahatma Gandhi. From 1920 till 1947 (India got freedom in 15th Aug. 1947) my father was in active movement as Congressman and Gandhi’s non violent soldier. For many a time he was imprisoned for many months to more than a years sometimes. During one such imprisonment he wrote this epic and sent it to my mother secretly as a gift for her and to get it printed and circulated among the masses to create awareness for India’s freedom. The book was printed by my mother in Hindi and some of this epic was circulated also, but the British confiscated the book and press of my father around 1933. I was born in 1950 in a free India. I am trying to bring this great writing of my father in English which portrays more than the translation of the epic, so the world may come to know about this otherwise lost and forgotten great great epic and the sacrifices of my parents towards India’s freedom struggle. Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor left active politics after 1947 and devoted rest of his life in writing easy mass literature and wrote many Dramas, Poetry books, epics. All his other literary works were mainly written from 1955 to 1990. He left this mortal world in 1994. Unfortunately many of his World class work could not be published so far and Patradoot is one of them. Ravindra