In personIn November-December last year, I was invited to Indore, the city I grew up in and the city synonymous with Rahat Indori, to attend a mushaira dedicated to him, called Jashn-e-Rahat. “Rahat Indori was the angry young man of Urdu poetry. The Indori connectMy connection with Indori saab was the city we lived in – Indore. Urdu poetry was never as big on Indore’s cultural scene but Rahat saab changed that. I read somewhere that Rahat saab’s poetry will be sought in the same way that people seek Van Gogh’s paintings.

Source: Hindustan Times August 16, 2020 01:30 UTC