Dushyant Kumar Tyagi (1 September 1933 – 30 December 1975) was a monumental Indian poet, dramatist, and novelist of modern Hindi literature. He is universally celebrated for bringing the Hindi Ghazal to the masses, turning it into a powerful tool for social awareness and political rebellion. Before him, ghazals were primarily associated with Urdu romanticism, but Dushyant Kumar repurposed the form to echo the struggles, angst, and hopes of the common Indian citizen