abstract:Madhushala () (The Tavern/The House of Wine), is a book of 135 "quatrains": verses of four lines (Ruba'i) by Hindi poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003). The highly metaphorical work is still celebrated for its deeply Sufi incantations and philosophical undertonesMadhushala (The Tavern) www.cs.rice.edu. and is an important work in the Chhayavaad (i.e. Impressionism) literary movement of early 20th century Hindi literature.