Gorakh Pandey Analysis

Gorakh Pandey Introduction Gorakh Pandey is a post independence time poet. His main work consists of satire on society and government, nature of socialism and . His works such as
“Samajdaro ke Geet”(The Song of the Sensible) and “Samajvaad Babua Dheere
Dheere aaye” are satire on the the political movements and social trends prevalent during his times. While his works such as “Kannon” and “Hille re”, written during the emergency period, are revolutionary poems that beautifully convey, the emerging radical ideas. All his major works centralize around this main ideas. His other works include “Samay ka Pahiya” and “Loha garam ho gya hai”. Defined by powerful lines, an uncompromising spirit, revolutionary themes and an eccentric

Also, these lines “लाठ
से
आई, गोल से आई ले
कन अं
हसा कहाई” shows how the poet feels dejected on the way things have been running in the name of socialism. There is a constant use of satire in the poem. In “Danga” (Riot) the poet discusses the cunningness of the government and how people’s lives have become nothing but just a way of getting power in the political upfront. The poet sarcastically says that this time the riot was massive, horrific and it rained tears and blood. Next year there will be a good harvest. A harvest of votes.

Poems in relation to revolutionary movements Pandey wrote revolutionary songs in Bhojpuri hoping to reach out to the peasants, and he did — his songs were sung by them, a rare honour for any contemporary poet. Yet, his songs were not merely a manifestation of his deep feeling for the movement, but also an expression of a political philosophy which he had imbibed from this struggle. He not only depicted the miseries of the peasants, but also upheld their determined fighting resolve and unequivocally condemned the imperialist feudal combination which, he was convinced, perpetuated this inhuman state of affairs.