When was it, exactly, that poetry got a bad rap? Surely not during the roadside Burma Shave days of: “Does your husband … Misbehave … Grunt and grumble … Rant ...
In dinon garche dakhan mein hai badi qadr-e-sukhan, Kaun jaaye ‘Zauq’ par Dilli ki galliyan chhor kar (These days poetry commands great respect in the Deccan. But who, O Zauq, can leave the streets of ...