India, Aug. 15 -- Every morning, at seven, this elderly man gets up from his bed. While the household is asleep, he tiptoes into the kitchen, quietly making a cup of chai. The illustrious Sharif Husain Qasemi is Delhi's only expert on Bedil, the 18th century Persian poet notorious for being so difficult that he was considered difficult even by the great Ghalib, himself notorious for his difficult Persian poetry. Indeed, the most acclaimed of Sharif Husain's 20 books is titled "A Master Catalogue of the Manuscripts and Published Editions of the Works of Mirza Abdul Qadir-e-Bidel." This evening, the scholar is at home in his book-filled Nizamuddin East bungalow. He retired 15 years ago as a professor of Persian from Delhi University. Reclinin...