Tag: Urdu Poet

By Vikas Datta, His fame mostly endures on one couplet, which ably uses changes of nature to reflect the turmoil in human affairs. But even among those familiar with "Zameen-e-chaman gul khilati hai kya kya/Badalta hai rang asmaan kaise kaise", only a few would know the poets identity. That is a pity, for "Aatish" was far from just another Urdu poet. A standard-bearer of Dabistan-e-Lucknow, or the Lucknow School of Poetry, a master of poets and a mentor to hundreds of poets in his lifetime, Khwaja Haider Ali "Aatish" (1778-1847) played...