Mirza Ghalib, born on December 27, 1797, in Agra, was a well-known poet in the Persian and Urdu languages. Today, he remains one of the most popular and influential masters of the Urdu language ...

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 ...

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 ...

The great Urdu and Persian poet Asadullah Khan Ghalib’s (1797–1869) current divaan (poetry collection) contains less than half of the verses he composed, as he was an exacting and selective ...

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), established in 1959 to promote Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the poetry ...

This is the perfect volume for those looking to enter the world of Urdu poetry or Ghalib in particular, without learning Urdu. Tuesday, Jul 08, 2025. New Delhi o C. Subscribe. Sign in.

Ghalib’s poetry is exquisite, multivalent and above all divine. The poet was not being vainglorious when he emphatically proclaimed: ... Ghalib was not a conformist of Urdu language traditions.

“Some of you must be wondering why I love Urdu,” he said. “Ghalib was Turkish. So Urdu is like my own language.” Dr Alia Imam, a renowned writer, said that Ghalib’s poetry preaches peace ...

Lucknow: The UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Friday witnessed a mesmerising confluence of poetry, ghazal, and kathak during Bayan-e-Ghalib, a soulful event that brought the legendary poet's works to ...

Try reading Urdu poetry. As POLITICO’s Ben Smith points out in his blog, ... One of the most popular poets was Mirza Ghalib, whose work dates from the mid-19th century.