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Poet Girda not keeping well Tribune News Service Dehradun, May 6, 2010...

Girish Tiwari ‘Girda’ is not keeping well. The famous poet, whose writing was an inspiration for Uttarakhand agitators, has developed multiple disorders. The poet of the masses, who is equally acclaimed by Kumaoni and Hindi-knowing people, has lost weight drastically.
Girda a few months ago had a severe heart attack and since then has not been keeping well. The man who shook the erstwhile UP government through his songs during the Uttarakhand movement can be seen going to the doctor on limping legs.
“The poet in his late 60s was taking a breather by a pillar on the roadside at Kailakhan, hardly 1.5 km from Nainital,” said senior journalist Prakash Thapliyal, who happened to come across Girda during his recent visit to Nainital. The meagre amount of pension is hardly sufficient to meet Girda’s medical needs, particularly when his only son is still studying.
Having taken voluntary retirement from instructorship in the Song and Drama Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Girda has dedicated himself for the cause of Uttarakhand. During the Uttarakhand movement, his work was to write poems and recite those at Talli Tal or Malli Tal before a large gathering.

गिर्दा की यह कविता उनकी किताब - रंग डारि दियो हो अलबेलिन में (होली संग्रह)
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हाउ पानिक पिन
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सोचि ल्यूछा त सोच पड़नी, कौ भे मी, का बटी ऐ
रूडीनिक जसी बरख सुदे, अरख, बरख, काँ हु गे !
और उसिक सोचि ल्यूछा त, मई लिहबहर दुनी भे,!
सूरज में उजियाव भे म्यर, जौडनी में रौशनी भे, !
और उसिक औकात कूछा, तीन में न तेर में,
द्वि सोरा मुरलिक सर, भ्यार में न भीटर में!
जानी कभत फ्यासस करी दियो, हाउ की त जात भे!
यो जौलिया मुरुलिक और चलण तककी बात भे !
पर जतुक भे, जे ले भे, यो सब तेरी करामात भे!
वो रे हाउ पानिक पिना. तेरो ले बात भे!
सोचि ल्यूछा त सोच पड़नी !
 

girdaa ke achche swaasthya kee kaamnaa kartaa hu.

फोटो साभार - राजीव रावत

आपने सच कहा है “संजू पहाडी” जी, “गिर्दा” हमारे दिलों में सदैव राज करते रहेंगे।
 
Girish Tiwari Girda WE WILL MISS YOU