Burn on, sweetly, sweetly, O my little lamp.Mahadevi Varma
“If you had come even once, flowers of tenderness and tidings would have lain strewn along your path.”
“If you had come even once, flowers of tenderness and tidings would have lain strewn along your path.”
— MAHADEVI VARMA
Hindi poet · 1907 – 1987
Mahadevi Varma was a leading poet of the Chhayavaad movement in Hindi literature and a pioneer of women's education in India. Her collections, including Rashmi and Neerja, weave mysticism, longing and compassion. She received the Jnanpith Award and the Padma Vibhushan.
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