Meeta

Ameeta Parsuram Meeta is a celebrated Urdu poet and retired professor of psychology. She was born in Delhi in 1955. She worked for over forty years in teaching, training and therapy. Her academic career in psychology shaped her insight into human relationships and emotional landscapes. Poetry has been her passion since early life.

Her takhallus is Meeta. Her poetic work includes more than forty ghazals, a number of couplets, and some nazms. Her shayari flows from inner experience, compassion, longing and love. Her style uses simple language yet carries depth of thought. Her misras (halves of couplets) breathe musicality and her ghazals reflect vivid images of human feeling.

Themes in her poetry often involve love, separation, memory, being a woman, human relationships in contemporary life and social changes. Her poetry also gives voice to female perspective. She values emotional honesty and clarity of expression. Her verses often seem to come naturally from difficult personal or collective moments, and her background in psychology informs her understanding of inner conflict, vulnerability and resilience.

Several of her ghazals have been recorded in albums by acclaimed singers. Her work has been sung by classical and contemporary vocalists. She has released multiple albums that feature her poetry set to music. Her poetry has received nominations and awards in lyric and ghazal‐album categories.

Her influence extends through literary magazines and Urdu poetry gatherings. Her recitations are appreciated for their calm sincerity. She has appeared on radio and television to share her poetry and perspectives on literature and psychology.

Meeta retains a reputation for bridging the academic and the poetic realms. Her teaching career, psychological practice and poetic voice come together in work that reflects internal worlds and human connections. Her contributions to Urdu poetry are respected for their emotional depth, musical flow and the capacity to touch readers with both heart and thought.