The Trust
The Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Literary Trust — its purpose, people, and the custodians of Sahar’s legacy.
The Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Literary Trust was founded with a singular conviction: that the work of Kanwar Mohinder Singh Sahar deserves not merely to survive, but to flourish — to be read, studied, performed, and celebrated in multiple languages and formats, across generations and geographies.
Sahar's verse emerged during a particular historical context in India, with all its complexity, change, and cultural questioning. Yet it speaks to truths that transcend its time. The Trust exists to ensure that these truths continue to resonate, that the poet's voice is amplified by the passage of time.
Locate, digitise, catalogue, and conserve all materials related to Kunwar Mohinder Singh Sahar — manuscripts, photographs, recordings, correspondence — ensuring their survival for future scholarship and enjoyment.
Produce high-quality editions of Sahar's collected works in Urdu, Hindi, and English. Commission new translations, essays, and critical studies that make his work accessible to diverse audiences worldwide.
Organise annual mushairas, seminars, workshops, and public readings. Create spaces where Sahar's verse is performed, discussed, and celebrated — keeping alive the oral tradition from which ghazals emerged.
Support emerging poets, translators, and scholars through grants, residencies, and mentorship. Foster a community of writers and artists inspired by Sahar's legacy, ensuring his influence ripples into contemporary creation.
Commission documentaries, feature films, and multimedia projects exploring Sahar's life, work, and influence. Make his story available in formats that reach audiences beyond the literary world.
Build an online archive, interactive platform, and digital repository making Sahar's work searchable and accessible to scholars and readers worldwide. Embrace technology to serve tradition.
The Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Literary Trust is a registered literary and cultural trust under Indian law, governed by a Board of Trustees representing poets, scholars, educators, and family members. We operate as a non-profit.
While based in Delhi, our work extends across India. We maintain partnerships with universities, archives, and cultural institutions across the country as well as diaspora communities globally.
The Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Literary Trust is stewarded by a Board of Trustees drawn from Sahar's extended family, his literary circle, and friends who worked closely with him across decades. Together they preserve the poet's work, facilitate new editions and performances, and open his legacy to new generations of readers and listeners.
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The Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Literary Trust welcomes collaboration from poets, scholars, musicians, translators, filmmakers, and lovers of Urdu literature. Contact us at