It’s an extremely sad book. In what circumstances and why ... Whatever Ghalib is today is solely due to his Urdu poetry. Ghalib’s stature as a poet is neither due to his Persian prose nor ...

Mirza Ghalib ... Urdu language; he is known simply as Ghalib. He remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also among the diaspora. A prodigious poet. Mirza Ghalib started writing poetry ...

Mirza Ghalib is a name that is synonymous with Urdu poetry. Born as Mirza Asadullah Khan, Ghalib was a pen name that he adopted. He achieved immense fame with this. Every person who is a fan of ...

Ghalib had already started writing poetry in Urdu, but as Persian was the literary language of the cultivated elites, he taught himself the language. Soon, he was writing poetry in Persian and ...

The iconic Urdu poet died February 15 ... Finally, he finds it - in the base of the mug. Sad though, but true. Ghalib wrote it only to see it turn into a prophetic couplet on the condition ...

Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. His first language was Urdu, but Persian and Turkish were also spoken at home. Although Ghalib himself was far prouder of his poetic achievements ...

but they are in Urdu while education has largely turned English medium. Thinking with Ghalib: Poetry for a New Generation attempts to address this gap. It explains 30 Ghalib couplets, chiefly by ...

Even if you’re not an ardent fan of Urdu shayari, you cannot look away at a Mirza Ghalib couplet if you stumble upon one. Mirza Ghalib spent the entirety of his life near a Masjid, listening to ...

Art has several forms, and when you blend the most beautiful forms of dance, music, and poetry, you get fantastic results. A theatrical Kathak dance drama, ‘Dastan-e-Ghalib’ took place in the ...

Initially, Nusrat Mehdi, Director of Urdu Academy, threw light on Mirza Ghalib's poetry and his personality and said that the new breed should not read Ghalib only because Ghalib used difficult ...

Poetry and art enthusiasts in Delhi are keeping Mirza Ghalib, the legendary Urdu poet, alive in their own ways. Here’s looking at how these people are lending new forms to his verses ...

Try reading Urdu poetry ... few things to know before you try to impress the poetry-lover-in-chief. One of the most popular poets was Mirza Ghalib, whose work dates from the mid-19th century.