In this episode of Urdunama, host Fabeha Syed turns to one of Ghalib’s most well-known ghazals, ‘Koi Umeed Bar Nahin Aati’, ...

IN poetry’s colourful garden what would be more appropriate than a beautiful, two-toned rose? Ghalib named his first intikhab (1828) Gul-e ra’na, because it presented a selection of his Urdu and ...

Poetry’s ability to transcend language, culture, and human differences is extra-ordinary. There is arguably no genre more visceral than this one, or more expressive. Ghalib’s romantic and ...

This is the perfect volume for those looking to enter the world of Urdu poetry or Ghalib in particular, without learning Urdu ‘Chaltaa hun thodi duur har ik tez-rau ke saath/pehchaantaa nahin hun abhi ...

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 ...

A new book on Mirza Ghalib seeks to present the intellectual evolution of the celebrated poet through an interpretation of his couplets. One of the most oft-quoted poets of the 19th century, the works ...

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 ...

A generation which has grown up listening to the usual Punjabi hip hop or rap, reciting the complicated poetry of Mirza Ghalib, in Urdu, was like living a dream. ‘Poochte hain woh ki Ghalib kaun hain, ...

Legendary poet Mirza Ghalib’s mural unveiled at Nagpada junction in Mumbai. Legendary poet’s mural unveiled at Nagpada junction. Ghazal was pronounced as ‘gajal’ and Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar’s ...

Amid the clamour of kebab vendors, lassi carts, blaring horns and the call for prayer fighting to keep up in Old Delhi, you suddenly hear a query, “Bhai saab, Kabir ke shayari honge”, followed by an ...