Patradoot Or the Messenger 2nd of Many
Patradoot or The Messenger 2/Many
Originally written in Hindi by my late
father Dr. Amar Nath Kaporr around 1932
English version
Being a prisoner I can bring my beloved,
In my mind through meditation only,
Due to separation from my beloved, I can sing
My expressions coming out from my heart,
Before you only, my dear letter.
Ravindra
Kanpur India 10th May 2010 to continue in 03/Many
Patradoot or The Messenger 5/Many
English version by
Ravindra K Kapoor
Background of this Epic
The Patradoot was written originally by my late 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 became free in 1947)
my father was in active movement as Congressman &
Gandhi’s non-violent soldier. For many times he was
imprisoned for many months and sometime, even for more
than a year. He dedicated the entire writing work to his
dear wife, my late mother, who was also a co-partner with
him in the freedom struggle in creating mass awareness.
During one such imprisonment at Faizabad jail, he wrote
this epic and sent it to my mother secretly as a gift for her
and to get it printed & 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 were
circulated also, but the British confiscated the book and the
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 writing 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 etc. 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World class works could not be published so far and Patradoot
is one of them.
Ravindra
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Transliteration of Hindi poem in English- Patradoot or the Messenger.
Bundi Buna Huaa Mai Kewal,
Dhayan Magna Ho Ja Ta Hun,
Priya Viyog Ke Madhur Gan Ko,
Tere Sunmukh Gata Hun.
By Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor
Freedom Fighter and writer, Poet & Dramatist
(1889-1994)
He mainly wrote all his other works between 1950 -1990
Copyright © Ravindra K Kapoor | Year Posted 2010
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