Mirza Ghalib, one of the most-read and quoted persons when it comes to Urdu poetry, is considered to be the last great and influential poet of the Mughal era. Ghalib who is also known as a gifted ...

DISSENTING voices are few and far between when it comes to Ghalib’s poetic genius. But such voices, albeit rare, were quite loud about a century ago and Yagana Changezi was the loudest of them all.

‘Chaltaa hun thodi duur har ik tez-rau ke saath/pehchaantaa nahin hun abhi raahbar ko main’ or ‘I go along some distance with every swift walker/I do not yet recognize the guide’ — Mirza Ghalib. Anjum ...

Thirty years ago when I was in England, the EMI company of Pakistan invited me to record my selection of Ghalib’s letters in Urdu. They were recorded on 4"x 2" audio cassettes which are now considered ...

EXACTLY 124 years ago, on February 15, died Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, one of Urdu’s greatest bards. However, critical evaluation —commentaries and re-evaluation — of Ghalib’s poetry and prose goes ...

Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan ‘Ghalib’ (1797-1869) probably ranks right up there as India’s most popular poet of Hindustani. Reams have been written about Ghalib; he is famed in anecdote and verse; he has ...

Mirza Ghalib is one of the most popular and well-known Urdu poets of all times. Mirza Ghalib is probably the best-known Mughal era poets of all times. His poems are celebrated for the poignant and ...

Mirza Ghalib's historic haveli in Ballimaran, now mostly vanished, contrasts with today's optical shops, reflecting a blend ...

Asadullah Khan Ghalib, like Dr Johnson, was a class by himself. As a man and a poet he offers us his own genius. From all accounts he was a remarkable conversationalist and was vastly gregarious. One ...