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Amīr Khusro Dehlawī ,was a Sufi mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, was a notable poet but also a prolific scholar and a seminal musician. He wrote poetry in Persian for the court and Hindi for the common man.
Khusro’s riddles are witty and interesting. They have been orally transferred from generation to generation.
Two way riddles (Dosukhna)
Dosukhna, (literally meaning a two-liner or a two-verse-thing) is a smart form of riddle in which one has to find one answer for two completely different questions – though that answer could have different meanings for both questions. Interesting part is that the answer is not simply one word or a noun – it has to be a two or three word explanation, since the questions are always asked in ‘Whys’.
Khusro’s riddles are witty and interesting. They have been orally transferred from generation to generation.
Two way riddles (Dosukhna)
Dosukhna, (literally meaning a two-liner or a two-verse-thing) is a smart form of riddle in which one has to find one answer for two completely different questions – though that answer could have different meanings for both questions. Interesting part is that the answer is not simply one word or a noun – it has to be a two or three word explanation, since the questions are always asked in ‘Whys’.
