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Rahat Indori had started penning poetry by 1972.
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In fact, his couplets, ranging from ‘Tufano.n se aankh milaao, sailaabo.n par war karo / Mallaho.n ka chakkar chhoro, tair ke darya paar karo’ to ‘Shaakhon se Toot jaayen, voh patte nahi hain ham/Aandhi se koi kah de ki auqaat mein rahe’ or the ghazal that includes the couplets - ‘Jo aaj sahib-e-masnad hain, kal nahi honge/Kiraye-daar hain, zaati makaan thodi hai’, are oft-quoted. He had got recognition across the Urdu world. By the mid-1980s, Indori was an established poet. A student of Islamia Karimia College, he later got his post-graduation degree from Barkatullah University in Bhopal. Some couplets that became a symbol of resistance were penned long ago, when the regimes were different, but like all major poets and writers, Rahat was affected by the suffering of the common man and his poetry had a strong element of ‘confrontation’. Or the numerous couplets that attacked the political class, which are quoted in conversations by poetry lovers. Sample this couplet that targeted the clergy: In poetry, he attacked everyone and spared no one. He would recite ghazal after ghazal, and the audience would still want more. The poet with a twinkle in his eye would now be at ease, knowing that he was in command. His ‘ash’aar’ evoked roars and huge applause from the audience. On the stage, the seasoned poet’s eyes and hands moved constantly as he recited his couplets. Also, he used sarcasm when the audience failed to appreciate the nuances. Purists didn’t always appreciate, some even felt this was ‘performance’, but he knew times had changed and he often had to explain the meaning of a tough word or a particular usage before reciting a ghazal. Somewhat loud, but ably getting his point across with the audience.
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Cricket lovers remember the West Indian batting legend’s trademark swagger and the manner in which he would look around, before striking the ball with full fury. If mushairas were to be equated with cricket, then he was surely the Viv Richards of Urdu shayri. His language, imagery and the idiom had the power to captivate the gathering.