The complexity of Ghalib
Everyone’s favorite Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib was known for his “notoriously complex” verses. As quoted in William Dalrymple’s fascinating book …
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Poetic Insults
The poetic rivalry between Mirza Ghalib and his contemporary, Ibrahim Zauq, is legendary, in the courts of Bahadur Shah Zafar. …
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