I first encountered Ghalib in the early 1970s. I was in graduate school, studying poetry. Then, as now, I had no Urdu. The medium of transmission—translation—was Aijaz Ahmad’s Ghazals of Ghalib, from ...

It was Lord T. B. Macaulay who, in the third decade of the 19th century, envisioned producing a new hybrid class — Indian in blood and colour, and English in taste and knowledge. Later, Sir Abdul ...

Ghalib was the preeminent Indian Urdu and Persian-language poet during the last years of the Mughal Empire. He used his pen names of Ghalib (means "dominant") and Asad (means "lion"). Most notably, he ...

There have been more modern interpretations and studies of Mirza Ghalib than any other poet in Urdu. I learnt a few months ago that a bibliography of articles and books related to Ghalib ran to over ...

One of the brighter stars in the galaxy of consummate poets in mid-18th century Delhi, he, with a moderately-sized diwan of ghazals and a handful of masnavis, could have seen his fame dim like many of ...

New Delhi: The Ghalib haveli was decked with rajanigandha buds with rose strings on Sunday and brightly lit lanterns hung from the walls. The visitors sat on the floor. They were there to celebrate ...

SYED Shah Sirajuddin Husaini, commonly known as Siraaj Aurangabadi, an ascetic who scorned worldly gains and fame, was a popular poet of Urdu in 18th century. As put by Jameel Jalibi in his Tareekhe-i ...

The cultural tribute "Bayan-e-Ghalib," a rare blend of ghazals and Kathak dance, celebrated the life and legacy of the legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib at Shilpakala Vedika in Madhapur on Saturday.

It is perhaps not an exaggeration to say that Mirza Ghalib remains the most well-known poet in India. Shallow rhymes falsely attributed to him evoke immediate reverence, and a poetically-inclined ...