Rekhti

Rekhti (Urdu: ریختی‎), is a form of Urdu feminist poetry. A genre developed by male poets,[1] it uses women's voices to talk about themselves.[2] It was formed in 19th-century Lucknow, then part of the State of Awadh (now in Uttar Pradesh, India).[1] The poet Saadat Yaar Khan Rangin is credited with its creation.[3]

Written generally in ghazal form, it uses women's special idioms, mannerism and accents.[1] Their topics include women-women and women-men affairs and also women's sensual desires and sexual urges.[1]

Famous exponents

1. Saadat Yaar Khan 'Rangeen'[1]
2. Meer Yaar Alii 'Jaan Sahib'[1]
3. Mohsin Khan 'Mohsin'[1]
4. Insha Allah Khan 'Insha'[1]

See also

• Urdu poetry

References

1. Rekhti Rekhta Foundation, Retrieved 10 May 2016
2. Review of Ruth Vanita's "Gender, Sex and the City: Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India, 1780–1870" Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific Issue 31, December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2016
3. But Muhammad Quli Qutub Shaw (1580 _1611)was also credited with the composition of rekhtis. Sajid Sajni: The last poet of Rekhti Blog: The World of Urdu Poetry, Literature and News. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2016

Further reading

• Ruth Vanita, Gender, Sex and the City: Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India, 1780–1870, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012