Dil-e-Nadaan tujhe hua kya hai, aakhir is gam ki dawa kya hai - this and hundreds of other familiar couplets continue to inspire and draw fans of Urdu literature to Mirza Ghalib, whose 215th birth ...

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.

The people in the Kala Mahal locality of inner Agra where the haveli is located have no knowledge that the great poet was born amongst them. "The whole world may revere and hold Ghalib in awe and ...

Agra: The 225th birth anniversary of Mirza Ghalib, the doyen of Urdu poetry, was a forgotten event in the Taj city, his birth place, though a ritualistic 'mushaira' was held at a local hotel. The ...

At the start of her singing career, she needed to stand on a stool to be able to reach the microphone but then she went on in her comparatively short career to become the last of Bollywood's three ...

“Dil-e-nadan tujhe hua kya hai, aḳhir is dard ki dava kya hai?” recites kathak dancer, and founder of the Sufi Kathak Foundation, Manjari Chaturvedi over a phone call on a languid afternoon. With a ...

Google on Wednesday celebrated with a special doodle one of Urdu literature’s most iconic and legendary poets, Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Ghalib (meaning conqueror). Born in 1797, ...

The who’s who in the world of literature, fine arts, culture and celebrities will croon and swoon over the timeless compositions of the legendary romanticist Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, alias “Mirza ...