AGRA, (IANS) – The 225th birth anniversary of Mirza Ghalib, the doyen of Urdu poetry, was a forgotten event in the Taj city, his birthplace, though a ritualistic ‘mushaira’ was held at a local hotel.

Ghalib is the undisputed pride of South Asian culture and society. He has remained an exalted genius and an unsurpassable intellect even after 150 years of his demise. His poetry echoes all shades of ...

Google’s latest Doodle celebrates the legacy of an enduring poet of the late Mughal empire, Mirza Ghalib. Born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan in 1797, Ghalib — his pen-name that translates to “conquerer” — ...

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 ...

Legendary writer-poet Gulzar says he believes he was destined to make his acclaimed 1988 television series Mirza Ghalib with Naseeruddin Shah, who, as a student, once wrote to him declaring he was the ...

Delhi's poet Mirza Ghalib faced digestive issues like many, inspiring verses even from his struggles, linking art to our human experiences. Delhi’s immortal Mirza Ghalib composed some of the world’s ...

Explore the legend of Mirza Ghalib's rosewater gin, a drink embodying the poet's contemplative pleasure and the cultural fusion of 19th-century Delhi. This elixir, blending Old Tom gin with fragrant ...

We meet psychiatrist Dr Ajai Singh at his Mulund clinic on a Wednesday evening to speak about a rather unlikely subject — Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, aka Ghalib (1797–1869), one of the greatest poets ...

Catch a period drama on the legendary poet Ghalib by the talented Tom Alter. Ghalib encapsulates the life of the Urdu-Persian poet in the British colonial era. Produced by Delhi-based Pierrot's Troupe ...