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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Much has been said about the difficulties one faces in translating poetry. Yes, it is a daunting task, particularly in the case of good poetry. In the case of great poetry, it is ultimately a ...
A few months ago, at the launch of a book of Urdu poems—Hukm E Safar Diya Tha Kyon by Shantiveer Kaul—a poet in his mid-60s said he rarely got a chance to attend such events now because “ab us peedhi ...
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 ...
KARACHI: The enthusiasm of the participants of the four-day International Urdu Conference did not fade till its third day on Thursday. The topic for the first session was Ghalib-e-Ehad Afreen (Ghalib: ...
“My love, I cannot tell the tale of all the things I want from you. A hundred longings fill my soul, a thousand yearnings throng my heart.” — Mir Taqi Mir Of late there has been a renewed interest in ...
ISLAMABAD: The 147th death anniversary of classical Urdu and Persian poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was observed on Monday, 15 February. Mirza Ghalib `the last great poet of the Mughal Era' is ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results