DISSENTING voices are few and far between when it comes to Ghalib’s poetic genius. But such voices, albeit rare, were quite loud about a century ago and Yagana Changezi was the loudest of them all.

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with Mirza Ghalib, the legendary Urdu poet, as if he's stepped right out of history. At Jashn-e-Rekhta Dubai 2025, this moment becomes reality through a life-sized ...

Ghalib opens his diivaan with a unique stroke of his genius. The imploring in the first line, followed by an answer in the second line, opens up various avenues of interpretation. The implication here ...

Art has several forms, and when you blend the most beautiful forms of dance, music, and poetry, you get fantastic results. A theatrical Kathak dance drama, ‘Dastan-e-Ghalib’ took place in the Capital ...

An crime Snapshots from India’s past An action-packed thriller just like his movies, this filmmaker ’s debut novel features a protagonist who spouts Ghalib’s verses as he goes about his underworld ...

The author, alongside Iftekhar Ahsan, spent an afternoon walking parts of the city that were integral to the great poet’s time here Jalil is working on a travelogue documenting Ghalib’s journey from ...