Some more information about Pant JI.
Sumitranandan Pant was born in Kausani (Almora district of Uttarakhand ) on 20 May 1900. He died on 28th December, 1977. He started writing in 1975 and composed a huge number of poems, songs, plays, essays and short stories. He was a writer of the Chhayavaad style. He gave a flowery and melodious colour to his poems. He was awarded the Jnanpith award for his famous collection of poems ‘Chidambara’.
His wrote in Khadi Boli. His famous works are:
1. Poems – Paalav, Veena, Gunjan, Granthi, Veena
2. Stories – Paanch Kahaniyaan
3. Plays – Jyotsna, Rajatshikhar, Shilpi
The book ‘Rashmibandh’ is a compilation of 99 poems by Pant. The revised addition with some new poems was published in 1971. It has poems like Pratham Rashmi, Taaj, Baapu, Himadri, Yathatathya and Yatharth aur Adarsh. A few lines from Pratham Rashmi:
प्रथम रश्मि का आना रंगिणि, तूने कैसे पहचाना ?
कहाँ, कहाँ हे बाल-विहंगिनि ! पाया, तूने यह गाना ?
सोई थी तू स्वप्न नीड़ में पंखों के मुख में छिपकर,
झूम रहे थे, घूम द्वार पर, प्रहरी-से जुगुनू नाना !