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| name = Mohsin Zaidi <br />
| image = Mohsin Zaidi (1935-2003), Urdu Poet, India.jpg<br />
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| pseudonym = Mohsin<br />
| birth_name = Saiyed Mohsin Raza Zaidi<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|07|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bahraich]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|09|03|1935|07|10|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| education = [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in economics<br />
| alma_mater = [[Allahabad University]]<br />
| occupation = [[Urdu poet]], [[Indian Economic Service]] bureaucrat<br />
| genre = ''[[Ghazal]]''}}<br />
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'''Mohsin Zaidi''' (10 July 1935 – 3 September 2003) was an Indian [[Urdu poet]] who used the pen name 'Mohsin'. He is best known as a writer of [[ghazal]]s, who expressed new ideas with this traditional form.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Saiyed Mohsin Raza Zaidi ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq| سید محسن رضا زیدی }}}}) was born on 10&nbsp;July 1935 in [[Bahraich]], a town in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. His parents were Saiyed Ali Raza Zaidi and Sughra Begum.{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}}<br />
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Zaidi attended the Islamia School in [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], K. P. Hindu High School, and Government High School through the 1940s. He started writing Urdu poetry in 1950 at the age of 15 while in high school in Pratapgarh.{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}} He attended Maharaj Singh Inter College, Bahraich, from 1951 to 1952.{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}}<br />
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He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in English literature, history and economics from [[Lucknow University]] in 1954,{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}} and a master's degree in economics from [[Allahabad University]] in 1956.{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}}<br />
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==Bureaucratic career==<br />
Zaidi joined the [[Indian Economic Service]] in 1956 and worked with the [[Government of India]] until his retirement in 1993.{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}} He held positions with the [[Government of India|Central Government]] in the ministries of chemicals and fertilizers, labour, agriculture, and in the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]].{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}} He retired as a senior economist in the Senior Administrative Grade of [[Indian order of precedence|Joint Secretary]].{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}} As part of government assignments, he toured Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Algeria.{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}}<br />
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==Poetry==<br />
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Zaidi was initially impressed by [[Nazish Pratapgarhi]], yet his major inspiration came from [[Mir Taqi Mir]], [[Momin Khan Momin]], [[Mirza Ghalib]], [[Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish|Haider Ali Aatish]], [[Mir Babar Ali Anis|Mir Anis]], [[Daagh|Daagh Dehlvi]] and [[Khwaja Mir Dard|Mir Dard]].{{Citation needed|date= July 2018}} Among the neoclassical and modern poets his favourites were [[Muhammad Iqbal]], [[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]], and [[Jigar Moradabadi]].<ref>Interview of Mohsin Zaidi broadcast on All India Radio in June 2003, that also appeared in ''Jumbish-e-Nok-e-Qalam'', published in 2005</ref><br />
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Zaidi was a writer of [[ghazal]]s, a traditional form of poetry utilizing specific diction and narration. The study of economics influenced Zaidi's poetry, which includes social commentary.<ref>Foreword to ''Baab-e-Sukhan'' by Gyan Chand Jain, published in 2000</ref><br />
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Kumar Pashi said that Zaidi was among the few poets who used traditional ghazal to express new ideas.<ref>Review by Kumar Paashi in ''Rishta-e-Kalaam'', published in 1978</ref> [[Makhmoor Saeedi]], a contemporary poet and Urdu critic, praised Zaidi's mastery at creating an impression while writing in simple and unadorned language.<ref name="Forewordto">Foreword to ''Mataa-e-Aakhir-e-Shab'' by [[Makhmoor Saeedi]], published in 1990</ref> He noted Zaidi's themes: "integrity of character, opposition to all tyrannical powers, belief in retribution for one's actions, search for virtues in human nature, [and] belief in the victory of truth."<ref name="Forewordto" /><br />
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According to Shaarib Rudawlvi, Zaidi's work "had a freshness of thought, intense feelings, and dexterity of expression." He particularly noted the "spontaneity" of Zaidi's poetry which gracefully moved from one idea to another. He wrote that Zaidi's greatest quality was maintaining his unique style instead of bowing to the pressures of short-lived literary movements.<ref>Foreword to ''Jumbish-e-Nok-e-Qalam'' by Dr. Shaarib Rudawlvi, published in 2005</ref><br />
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==Poetic works==<br />
*''Shehr-e-Dil'' (1961)<br />
*''Rishtah-e-Kalaam'' (1978)<br />
*''Mataa-e-Aakhir-e-Shab'' (1990)<br />
*''Baab-e-Sukhan'' (2000)<br />
*''Jumbish-e-Nok-e-Qalam'' (2005)<br />
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==Death==<br />
Zaidi died in Lucknow on 3 September 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-15 |title=Mohsin Zaidi: A Journey of Courage, Struggle, and Triumph |url=https://dnn24.com/mohsin-zaidi-a-journey-of-courage-struggle-and-triumph |access-date=2025-09-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/19/39NewsEvents19.pdf ''NewsEvents''], The Annual of Urdu Studies, University of Wisconsin<br />
*[http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/09/21Datelist.pdf Muhsin Zaidi 1935 – A Date List of Urdu Literature] – by [[Shamsur Rahman Faruqi]] & Frances W. Pritchett<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711224512/http://www.urduyouthforum.org/listofurduauthor.php Muhsin Zaidi 1935–2003] – List of Urdu Authors: Urdu Youth Forum<br />
*[https://www.dawn.com/news/1062134/dawn-features-october-11-2001 Mention of 29th issue of ''Irteqa'' on life & works of Mohsin Zaidi]<br />
*[http://vichardhara.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=73 Vichardhara – excerpts from a mushaira] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023091920/http://www.vichardhara.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=73 |date=23 October 2010 }}<br />
*[http://www.123people.co.uk/ext/frm?ti=personensuche%20telefonbuch&search_term=mohsin%20zaidi&search_country=GB&st=suche%20nach%20personen&target_url=aHR0cDovL2doYWxpYmF5YXoud29yZHByZXNzLmNvbS8yMDEwLzAyLzExL2JhZ2gtc2FhcmFhLXRvLWJheWFhYmFhbi1uYS1odWEtdGhhLXNvLWh1YS8%3D&section=blog&wrt_id=261 A Ghazal of Mohsin Zaidi]<br />
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