Nannhe Jharne

Nnanhe Jharne is a colorful book of kids rhyms on festivals nature & day-to-day experiences of kids written in flowery yet comic style and flow. Most of the poems take us through a fancy tale in an animal or bird or kid''s life and make us laugh throughout. Poet''s family claims that most of the poems are based on poet''s own kids while they were growing up. The poet Late Basant Srivastava was born in a small town of Uttar Pradesh and was a master of pen since childhood. Basant who entered the field of journalism at the age of just 18 created many dimensions in a short period of time.Be it making his name among senior journalists or introducing himself among the politicians with his cutting edge news it was Basant''s exuberant nature that made him different from the rest. Writing children''s poems was a also a style of a strict blunt & honest journalist. Be it news or poems everyone was crazy about the sharpness of his pen. Who knows how many poems he wrote while watching his own children play & jump ? He used to be invited in several prestigious literary events in Sant Kabir Nagar Agra Varanasi Radio channels like Akashwani & multiple newspapers and magazines to recite and publish his poems. Those who have known the poet claim that his writings were fair at once words used were always sharp to the point & never needed editing. Even today Basant Srivastava''s name is present in golden letters among the masters of journalism in the atmospheres of UP and Lucknow it is immortal and unconquered. While poet''s family was aware of his recognitions in poetry world via multiple awards events publications etc. but only after his demise his wife Mrs. Jagriti Srivastava who herself has a strong hold on hindi literature discovered cartons filled with handwritten & printed papers with poems. So many of them were already torn or stale & couldn''t be recovered. While she was emotional to have found so much of good work of her husband she took the initiative to give