Content & Copyright Policy

सामग्री और कॉपीराइट नीति

Last updated: 5 October 2026

1. What you can publish

1. Your own original writing. You own it and you are responsible for it.
2. Public-domain works, with credit. In India, a writer’s work is generally free to use 60 years after the end of the year they died (for example Mirza Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir, Kabir, Tulsidas, Allama Iqbal and Premchand). A modern translation or edition can have its own copyright, so use the original text.
3. Short quotations with credit. One couplet or one or two lines of another writer, inside your own writing that discusses or explains it (a review, a tribute, an explanation of its meaning). The quotation must be a small part of your post, and your own words must be much longer.
4. Work you have written permission to publish. Keep the proof; we may ask to see it.

2. What you cannot publish

• Full poems, ghazals, stories or articles written by someone else, unless they are in the public domain or you have permission.
• Newspaper, magazine, book or website articles copied in whole or in large part.
• Collections made only of other writers’ lines, such as “best couplets of” lists.
• Another person’s explanation or commentary copied word for word.
• Photos, artwork or music that you do not have the right to use.
• Anything that breaks the rules in our Terms of Service.

3. How to give credit

Put the credit directly under the quoted lines, and at the end of the post:

• Public-domain writer: — Mirza Ghalib
• With the book named: — Mir Taqi Mir, “Diwan-e-Mir”
• Short quotation from a recent writer: — writer’s name, book title (year)
• Facts taken from books or websites: add a “Sources” line at the end.

Credit is respectful and expected, but it does not give you permission to copy. A post can still be removed if it copies too much.

4. Facts, biographies and your own words

Facts such as dates, places and the titles of books can be used by anyone. Write them in your own words and check them in more than one source. A life story of a poet is welcome, as long as the text is yours.

5. How we check

Every post is reviewed before it is published. Reviewers may send a post back asking you to shorten quotations, add credit, or remove copied text. Accounts that repeatedly publish copied work may be suspended.

6. Reporting copyright infringement

If you believe writing on RachnaKosh copies your work without permission, use the copyright takedown form, or email team.rachnakosh@gmail.com. Please include:

• your name and contact details,
• what your original work is and where it was first published,
• the link to the post on RachnaKosh,
• a statement that you are the owner or are authorised to act for the owner, and that the use is not permitted.

We review reports quickly. If the claim looks valid we will hide or remove the post and tell the person who posted it. They can reply to us if they believe it was a mistake, and we will review it again. For other problems, use the Report button on the post.

7. Questions or complaints