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Satire

Poems that smile while they cut.

Sharp, funny verse aimed at politicians, officials, hypocrites and sometimes the poet himself. It is one of the oldest ways Hindi poets have told the truth to people in power.

Poems
226
Poets
44
Typical read
0.7 min
Common mood
Hasya

Featured verse

अच्छा हुआ तुम नहीं आये शोक सभा थी

सत्य की शोक-सभाAmitabh Tripathi ‘Amit’
Harishchandra and Taramati

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Disrobing of Draupadi
हास्य· Hasya
01

दारोग़ा जी

Daroga Ji

Alhad Bikaneri

1 verse · ~7 lines · 1 min

Humor · Plate: Disrobing of Draupadi

Janmastami celebrating the birth of Krishna
हास्य· Hasya
02

जुगनू

Jugnu

Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay 'Hariaudh'

18 verses · ~52 lines · 3 min

Humor · Plate: Janmastami celebrating the birth of Krishna

Warli Landscape with Tarpa Dance in Centre
हास्य· Hasya
03

रसिया

Rasiya

Gopal Prasad Vyas

1 verse · ~10 lines · 1 min

Politics · Plate: Warli Landscape with Tarpa Dance in Centre

Voices

गोपालप्रसाद व्यास

Gopal Prasad Vyas

31 poems

काका हाथरसी

Kaka Hathrasi

22 poems

नागार्जुन

Nagarjun

18 poems

रघुवीर सहाय

Raghuvir Sahay

14 poems

अमिताभ त्रिपाठी 'अमित'

Amitabh Tripathi ‘Amit’

11 poems

अज्ञेय

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya'

11 poems

Thut Heree Bazar, The Widest Street in Benares
हास्य· Hasya
01

चूरन का लटका

Chooran Ka Latka

Bharatendu Harishchandra

1 verse · ~17 lines · 1 min

Satire · Plate: Thut Heree Bazar, The Widest Street in Benares

Satyaki
हास्य· Hasya
02

बापू, तुम मुर्गी खाते यदि...

Bapu, Tum Murgi Khate Yadi...

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

6 verses · ~14 lines · 1 min

Satire · Plate: Satyaki

Hyderabad, India street scene
हास्य· Hasya
03

शहर मुझको तेरे सारे मुहल्ले याद आते हैं

Shahar Mujhko Tere Saare Muhalle Yaad Aate Hain

Amitabh Tripathi ‘Amit’

8 verses · ~17 lines · 1 min

City · Plate: Hyderabad, India street scene

Ganesha Transcribing the Mahabharata
हास्य· Hasya
04

टेपा सम्मेलन के लिए ग़ज़ल

Tepa Sammelan Ke Liye Ghazal

Dushyant Kumar

13 verses · ~25 lines · 1 min

Satire · Plate: Ganesha Transcribing the Mahabharata

Draupadi Vastraharan
शान्त· Shanta
05

निरंजन धन तुम्हरा दरबार

Niranjan Dhan Tumhra Darbar

Kabir

2 verses · ~10 lines · 1 min

Hypocrisy · Plate: Draupadi Vastraharan

Draupadi Vastraharan
हास्य· Hasya
06

जन्नत का नज़ारा

Jannat Ka Nazara

Pratibha Saxena

2 verses · ~14 lines · 1 min

Satire · Plate: Draupadi Vastraharan

Portrait of Rani Durgavati
रौद्र· Raudra
07

पता नहीं

Pata Nahin

Buddhinath Mishra

10 verses · ~23 lines · 1 min

Satire · Plate: Portrait of Rani Durgavati

Rama, Sita and Lakshman in the Forest
शान्त· Shanta
08

जरूरी नहीं

Jaruri Nahi

Avaneesh Singh Chauhan

48 verses · ~30 lines · 1 min

Life · Plate: Rama, Sita and Lakshman in the Forest

Parvati and the Bania's Son
हास्य· Hasya
09

नाहक ही डर गई, हुज़ूर

Nahak Hi Dar Gayi, Huzoor

Nagarjun

3 verses · ~6 lines · 1 min

Satire · Plate: Parvati and the Bania's Son

Scene of Hindu Marriage Ceremony
हास्य· Hasya
10

आवारा शब्द

Awara Shabd

Pratibha Saxena

2 verses · ~11 lines · 1 min

Satire · Plate: Scene of Hindu Marriage Ceremony

Warli Landscape with Tarpa Dance in Centre
हास्य· Hasya
11

चमारों का नाच

Chamaron Ka Naach

Sumitranandan Pant

13 verses · ~38 lines · 2 min

Satire · Plate: Warli Landscape with Tarpa Dance in Centre

King Dasharatha and Queen Kaikeyi in the Wrath Chamber
रौद्र· Raudra
12

नया तरीका

Naya Tarika

Nagarjun

9 verses · ~17 lines · 1 min

Corruption · Plate: King Dasharatha and Queen Kaikeyi in the Wrath Chamber

Related themes

हास्य

Laughter on the page.

राजनीति

Power, seen from below.

भ्रष्टाचार

समाज

How we live together.