’This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit’ in Hindi by Ritwik Verma

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‘This is Going to Hurt Just a Little Bit’ by Ogden Nash is a humorous poem filled with exaggerations, puns and metaphors. It is a hilarious description of the whole experience of sitting in a dental chair which causes the poet great agony. Students all across India learn this poem in school. 

Ritwik Verma was one such student and this poem left a mark on him. Fast forward a few years, and Ritwik Verma put pen to paper and created a Hindi Version of this poem: अल्पकालिक पीड़ा

This translation was first presented in the poetry event Bauchar: अनुवाद का संवाद held on Sep 26, 2020 at 8PM. 

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