Noted Urdu Poet and Bollywood Lyricist Rahat Indori dies in Indore hospital

Noted Urdu poet and Bollywood Lyricist Rahat Indori dies in Indore hospital today (11 Aug) due to cardiac arrest. He was tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted in hospital for treatment when he suffered two heart attacks.

Rahat Quraishi was born on January 1, 1950 in Indore and popularly known as Rahat Indori. He was also a former professor of Urdu language at Devi Ahilya Unviersity, Indore. He was a celebrated poet and was regular in poetry mushayras for almost 4 decades.

One of his famous writing:

घर से ये सोच के निकला हूं कि मर जाना है

अब कोई राह दिखा दे कि किधर जाना है ;

जिस्म से साथ निभाने की मत उम्मीद रखो

इस मुसाफ़िर को तो रस्ते में ठहर जाना है ;

मौत लम्हे की सदा ज़िंदगी उम्रों की पुकार

मैं यही सोच के ज़िंदा हूं कि मर जाना है ;

नशा ऐसा था कि मयख़ाने को दुनिया समझा

होश आया तो ख्या‍ल आया कि घर जाना है;

मिरे जज़्बे की बड़ी क़द्र है लोगों में मगर

मेरे जज़्बे को मिरे साथ ही मर जाना है |

-राहत इंदौरी-

(साभार- कविता कोश)