December 27, 2023 2:34 pm
Living in Delhi, Ghalib saw madness and mayhem descend upon the streets of his beloved city and witnessed the siege and slaughter of an entire way of life.
May 12, 2023 7:02 pm
Ghalib wrote 'Chirag-e-Dair' in his youth, but his affinity to Banaras lasted a lifetime
August 19, 2022 12:47 pm
Letters written by the poet to his acquaintances provide vivid insight into the red-brick house on the corner of Bethune Row.
August 13, 2022 1:03 pm
A 10ft-high and 42ft-long relief mural on the walls of the Padmakar Tukaram Mane Garden in Nagpada honours Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.
December 27, 2021 9:10 pm
Ghalib's fame and recognition -- that he received after his death, and continues to receive -- evaded him in his lifetime
October 10, 2021 12:57 pm
The book has 235 ghazals and over 1,000 couplets by the legendary Urdu and Persian poet.
July 28, 2019 6:49 am
The Delhi that shaped Ghalib was a city in flux, but never short of pleasure or wit.
July 28, 2019 7:13 am
Even 150 years after his death, Mirza Ghalib remains one of the most quoted — or misquoted — poets in India. A look at the enduring relevance of his work.
June 26, 2019 8:33 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment came two days after senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad asked the BJP-led government to "keep their new India to themselves" and return our "old India."
April 12, 2019 2:13 am
Intrinsically tied to the history of Ballimaran is the story of the Sharif Manzil — a haveli built in the early 18th Century, spread across three acres, and inhabited by Khandan-e-Sharifi or the Hakims of Delhi.
April 07, 2018 7:12 pm
In central Kolkata's Mirza Ghalib Street, the iconic verses and poems of the great Urdu poet have come alive on mundane electric junction boxes, thanks to an initiative by the CESC.
December 27, 2017 3:31 pm
If you love the Urdu language then there is no way you have not chanced upon Mirza Ghalib's poems. Hailed as one of the finest Urdu poets, his poems capture the pathos of love and continue to remain relevant.


