Legendary Urdu Poet Rahat Indori has been diagnosed with Coronavirus after experiencing initial symptoms of the disease. In a tweet in Hindi, he said that he got himself tested yesterday. The veteran also urged everyone to respect his privacy during this testing time. Rahat Indori is an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu language poet. He is also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter.
He has traveled widely internationally to recite poetry. He has attended poetic symposiums in almost all the Districts of India and have also traveled multiple times to USA, UK, UAE, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Mauritius, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal etc. Rahat was awarded a PhD in Urdu literature from the Bhoj University of Madhya Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis titled Urdu Main Mushaira.