From Parliament to social media, Rahat Indori's poetry appeals to all

While Bollywood satisfied his financial needs - and he is quick to clarify that it was not greed - Indore always had his heart

“Ghar ki taameer chaahe jaisi ho

Iss mein rone ki jagah rakhna”

(Whatever be the structure of your home,

Keep a corner for shedding tears)

— Nida Fazli

As he walks into his small study, Rahat Indori says this is his “rone ki jagah” (weeping corner). A glass-paned bookshelf is lined with volumes of poetry, scriptures of various religions, and the literary greats. Above that, in classic middle-class, space-saver style, are his trophies and awards — the “showcase”. Indori, the Urdu poet whom parliamentarian Mahua Moitra quoted in her maiden speech on June 25, displays no sign of being an intellectual in the familiarly