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 ...

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 life ...

ONE of Urdu criticism’s unwritten but time-honoured understandings is to keep on writing on life and works of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (Dec 27, 1797 - Feb 15, 1869), one of the greatest and most ...

ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Kiyun (why) is Shahzad Sharjeel’s first collection of ghazals, a form he uses with dexterity to explore themes that traditionally fall outside the ambit of this genre. Not that his ...

"Hazaron khwahishen aisi ki har khwahish pe dam nikle/Bahut nikle mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle…” he narrated with a hint of melancholy in his voice. We listened with bated breath as Mirza ...

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.

A multitude of crowd made their way to the event Bayan-e- Ghalib staged at the Sangeet Natak Akademi. Sudhanshu Mani, the producer and actor of this performance, envisioned a musical rendition of ...