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Appreciating Ghalib and the other masters

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  • 'Majaaz' by Moin Ahsan Jazbi

    Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 01:21

    A nazm I like very much and which I find very touching, is Jazbi's elegaic tribute to Majaaz Lucknawi, Javed Akhtar's maternal uncle, who died of excessive drinking when he was about 46. Couched in Jazbi's inimitable, classical style, the nazm is one...

  • Ghalib Ke Khutoot - 01

    Posted on Thursday June 19th, 2008 at 20:32 in ghalib

    Letters of Mirza Ghalib's; Narrated by Zia Mohiuddin: ...

  • Ghalib's apologia--or 'ma'azeratnaama'

    Posted on Saturday October 13th, 2007 at 22:11 in ghalib, bahadur shah zafar

    It so happened that Bahadur Shah Zafar's favorite wife, Begum Zeenat Begum asked Ghalib to write a 'sehra' (a tribute, if you will,) for her son, Shehzada Mirza Jawan BaKhth's wedding. Complying with the Begum's wish, Ghalib wrote a 'sehra' whose ma...

  • 'besabab huwa Ghalib dushman aasmaaN apna'

    Posted on Tuesday October 2nd, 2007 at 22:17 in ghalib

    Ghalib feigns modesty when he says:hum kahaaN ke daana thhe, kis hunar meiN yakta thhebesabab huwa Ghalib, dushman aasmaaN apnaHis work has spawned countless admirers--as I have said, there's hardly a master among our 'asaateza' after him, who has no...

  • 'ajab azaad mard thha'

    Posted on Saturday September 29th, 2007 at 11:30 in ghalib, hali

    'ajab azaad mard'--that's how Ghalib described himself and it's a term that suits him best:yeh laash-e-bekafan Asad-e-Khastah_jaaN ki haiHaq maghfirat kare, ajab aazaad mard thhaAltaf Hussain 'Haali' in his famous and moving 'marsiya' or elegy writte...

  • Ghalib's letters

    Posted on Tuesday September 25th, 2007 at 21:39 in ghalib, bedil

    In poetry, Ghalib adopted a complex, new style that ran against the dominant currents of the period. Meer had simplified poetic expression. Ghalib taking Bedil, the Persian master's approach was at times so complex that he was often ridiculed for the...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 4.67 out of a possible 5 based on 3 comments.

momlovesumar

5 stars Nilofer

Nice blog. Great works about Urdu poetry by Mirza Ghalib....
Those people who are interested in Poetry can get useful and interesting information from it....

Posted: July 29th, 2009 | More Reviews From momlovesumar | Report This Comment

hyderabadiz

5 stars Hyderabadiz Team

Thanks, online urdu tutor, for your support.
Note: Wish you had an online link or Blog Catalog link (instead of being anonymous), and I could have thanked you in person for this nice gesture of yours.
Best wishes

Posted: April 6th, 2009 | More Reviews From hyderabadiz | Report This Comment

4 stars online urdu tutor

Great blog article!!!!

Thanks for sharing such a useful information...In this blog Ghalib is appreciating for his poetry bcz Ghalib adopted a complex, new style that ran against the dominant currents of the period then any other poets....

Posted: April 6th, 2009 | Report This Comment

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