Anwar Maqsood on When Mir Taqi Mir Took an Auto-Rickshaw in Karachi!

Anwar Maqsood on When Mir Taqi Mir Took an Auto-Rickshaw in Karachi! . Mir Taqi Mir arrives outside a house in Karachi, weeping in the back of an auto-rickshaw, and the driver wants five hundred rupees before any poetry starts. Anwar Maqsood builds an imaginary evening at his own modest home, open house for the great poets of every era. It starts in grief rather than comedy, with Mir and Mushafi mourning a ruined Delhi, Mushafi following Mir to Lucknow and then missing Delhi all over again. Then the visitors. Ghalib arrives and is asked whether a selection of his verses might be compiled, and his reply turns into a pointed joke about getting a country's leadership selected properly before bothering with his. He tests his host by making him recite from memory, and the talk wanders into street crime and plagiarism. Faiz turns up too, and brings Ahmad Faraz along, since he didn't want to arrive empty-handed. The best stretch is the rickshaw. Mir handles the driver's rough manner with a couplet about how Delhi lovers speak to each other. The driver, it turns out, knows the verses, since his late father used to recite them, and when the old man claims to be Mir himself he points out that Mir died two hundred years ago. Mir's answer involves the line painted on the back of the rickshaw. The driver hands the money back and leaves. It ends in the garden, with Hafiz, Sauda, Iqbal and Zauq in the conversation, and Ustad Vilayat Khan's Ahir Bhairav still playing somewhere behind it all. . Chapters: 00:00:00 Mir Aur Mushafi Ka Dilli Ka Dard 00:01:02 Dilli Se Lucknow Ka Dukh 00:01:54 Mirza Ghalib Ka Karachi Mein Dakhila 00:03:31 Maujuda Halat Par Ghalib Ka Mazah 00:03:56 Faiz Aur Faraz Ki Dilchasp Mulaqat 00:04:58 Mir Taqi Mir Rickshaw Se Karachi Aaye 00:05:51 Mir Taqi Mir Aur Rickshaw Wale Ka Qissa 00:07:47 Urdu Ke Azeem Shayaron Ki Yaad . About Jashn-e-Rekhta Jashn-e-Rekhta is the world’s largest cultural festival celebrating the beauty, depth, and living spirit of the Urdu language. Held annually, it brings together poets, musicians, writers, thinkers, and artists from across the world to create a space of poetry, music, conversations, and storytelling. From soul-stirring mushairas and spellbinding musical evenings to intimate dialogues and immersive cultural experiences, the festival is where language turns into emotion and heritage finds a contemporary voice. More than a festival, Jashn-e-Rekhta is a movement that keeps Urdu alive, relevant, and deeply connected across generations. . #anwarmaqsood #mirtaqimir #ghalib #urdusatire #urduadab #faizahmadfaiz #urdupoetry . About Rekhta Foundation: Rekhta Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation committed to preserving, promoting, and celebrating the Urdu language and its rich literary and cultural legacy. Through digital archives, learning platforms, publications, festivals, and community initiatives, the Foundation works to make Urdu accessible and meaningful for audiences worldwide. By bridging classical traditions with modern platforms and voices, Rekhta Foundation ensures that the language continues to inspire, connect, and evolve with time. . IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE © Rekhta Foundation. All rights reserved. Unauthorised downloading, clipping, re-uploading, or reuse of this content (audio/video/visuals) is strictly prohibited without written permission. . External Links: Website: https://rekhta.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jashnerekhtaofficial/ Rekhta Books: https://rekhtabooks.com/ Rekhta Learning: https://rekhtalearning.com/