Har daur mein hota hai koi kirdaar inke jaisa..

Na jaane kitne qisson me zikar hai inka aur kitni kahaniyon mein abhi likhna baaki hai...

Kavishala mourns on the death of Rahat Qureshi, later known as Rahat Indori, who was born on 1st of January in the year 1950 in Indore to Rafatullah Qureshi (mill worker), and his wife Maqbool Un Nisa Begum. He was their fourth child. Rahat Indori did his schooling from Nutan School Indore from where he has done his Higher Secondary also. In 1973 he fininshed off his graduation from Islamia Karmia College, Indore and conquered his MA in Urdu literature from Barkatullah University with a gold medal. He was awarded a PhD in Urdu Literature from the Bhoj University of Madhya Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis titled Urdu Main Mushaira.

Indori had performed in Mushaira and Kavi Samelan for 45 years.He attended poetic symposiums in almost all the districts of India and has traveled multiple times internationally to the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman etc.

When he was tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic in India on 10 August 2020 and was conceded to Aurobindo Hospital in Indore ,he died due to severe Cardiac Arrest on 11 August 2020.

We remember some of the famous Sher of Rahat Indori to mesmerize our soul :-

us kī yaad aa.ī hai sāñso zarā āhista chalo

dhaḌkanoñ se bhī ibādat meñ ḳhalal paḌtā hai

na ham-safar na kisī ham-nashīñ se niklegā

hamāre paañv kā kāñTā hamīñ se niklegā

dostī jab kisī se kī jaa.e

dushmanoñ kī bhī raa.e lī jaa.e

shāḳhoñ se TuuT jaa.eñ vo patte nahīñ haiñ ham

āñdhī se koī kah de ki auqāt meñ rahe

aañkh meñ paanī rakho hoñToñ pe chiñgārī rakho

zinda rahnā hai to tarkībeñ bahut saarī rakho

The courageous Urdu poet had released his couplet "Bulati Hai Magar Jaane Ka Nahi" which became viral and started trending on Social media platforms like instagram ,facebook , etc during 2020 in the Valentine's week. People loved to use this phrase as a meme .Another popular couplet, Kisi Ke Baap Ka Hindustan Thodi Hai, became viral on social media like a fire.

Earlier in 2016, a book on Rahat Indori 'Mere Baad' was released at the Oxford Bookstore in Connaught Place, Delhi. This book is a compilation of his Ghazals and Shayari.

On the occassion of his 71st birthday on 1 January 2021, songdew.com unveiled a unique tribute titled Dr Rahat Indori - Ek Alag Pehchaan. As part of this unique tribute 9 famous artists of India and (Indian musicians came together to compose 9 of the famous ghazals written by Dr. Rahat Indori and create paintings inspired through his writings) which earned him a lot of name and fame from the Readers across the globe.

But sadly the journey came to an end of this legendary entity Dr Indori who suffered from three consecutive cardiac episodes. Despite the first attack, he was tending to stabilise himself, when the other two successive cardiac attacks overled to his death. Then and there the Urdu poet was shifted to SAIMS, a Covid-19 care hospital after he suffered breathlessness and lung congestion at a local nursing home. “He presented with bilateral pneumonia with the involvement of 50% of his lungs,” Dr Bhandari said.

Unfortuantely Rahat Indori also suffered from diabetes, hypertension and cardiac issues, he said.

Being born on January 1 1950, Dr. Indori the Bollywood lyricist,had gained accolades for his Urdu poetry that on many occasions tickled the funny bones of the audience.

Sadiyon se chalta aya hoon ekk kaafile ke saath saath..

Na Jaane kin Manzilon ki talaash hai aur kahan abhi Pahunchna baaki hai...