In the early 20th century, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore composed haiku in Bengali. He also translated some from Japanese. In Gujarati, Jhinabhai Desai 'Sneharashmi' popularized haikuArticle on Sneh Rashmi on website of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Council). In it, we read: "" ("By pioneering and popularizing the famous form of Japanese poetry called Haiku in Gujarati, he has gained a place in history"). and remained a popular haiku writer.Ramanathan S. & Kothari R. (1998). Modern Gujarati Poetry: A Selection. Sahitya Akedami. , In February 2008, the World Haiku Festival was held in Bangalore, gathering haijin from all over India and Bangladesh, as well as from Europe and the United States. In South Asia, some other poets also write Haiku from time to time, most notably including the Pakistani poet Omer Tarin, who is also active in the movement for global nuclear disarmament and some of his 'Hiroshima Haiku' have been read at various peace conferences in Japan and the UK.See article by Yasuhiko Shigemoto, on Hiroshima Haiku and Omer Tarin, in The Mainichi daily, Tokyo, Japan, 15 August 1998, p 11 Indian writer in Malayalam language, Ashitha, wrote several Haiku poems which have been published as a book. Her poems helped popularise haiku among the readers of Malayalam literature.
In the early 20th century Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore composed haiku in Bengali He also translated some from Japanese In Gujarati Jhinabhai Desai 'Sneharashmi' popularized haikuArticle on Sneh Rashmi on website of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad (Gujarati Literary Council) In it we read "" ("By pioneering and popularizing the famous form of Japanese poetry called Haiku in Gujarati he has gained a place in history") and remained a popular haiku writerRamanathan S & Kothari R (1998) Modern Gujarati Poetry A Selection Sahitya Akedami  In February 2008 the World Haiku Festival was held in Bangalore gathering haijin from all over India and Bangladesh as well as from Europe and the United States In South Asia some other poets also write Haiku from time to time most notably including the Pakistani poet Omer Tarin who is also active in the movement for global nuclear disarmament and some of his 'Hiroshima Haiku' have been read at various peace conferences in Japan and the UKSee article by Yasuhiko Shigemoto on Hiroshima Haiku and Omer Tarin in The Mainichi daily Tokyo Japan 15 August 1998 p 11 Indian writer in Malayalam language Ashitha wrote several Haiku poems which have been published as a book Her poems helped popularise haiku among the readers of Malayalam literature