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Diwan-e-Ghalib is the famous collection of poetic works of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

Ghalib is the greatest Urdu poet and one of the greatest in any Indian language. He would rank perhaps among the great poets of the world. With Meer Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz, to name only four, the firmament of Urdu poetry is truly star studded, with numerous starlets strewn around. Ghalib has not only a pride of place among them; his stature is growing with every passing decade. In fact it is well nigh impossible to do full justice to his poetry, particularly the ghazal in translation. The best that could be done was to translate the verses into independent rhymed couplets.

Mirza Ghalib was an Urdu poet who is known for his unique and smooth style of writing. This book is a compilation of the events which happened throughout his life, along with few of the poems written by him. The poems in this book are an ideal listen for people who are fascinated by Urdu poetry but do not understand the nastaliq, the script in which Urdu is written.

This mini-series explores the expression of anguish and love in poetics of Mirza Ghalib.

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was born in Agra in the closing years of the eighteenth century. A precocious child, he began composing verses at an early age and gained recognition while he was still very young. He wrote in both Urdu and Persian and was also a great prose stylist. He was a careful...

"Ghalib's status would still remain on the top in Urdu Literature if he had not composed any poetry but prose.

A gentle dance of music, poetry, and storytelling. Ghalib aur Kahaniya is an amalgamation of some of Mirza Ghalib's most poignant ghazals sung alongside short stories written by me.