“It means continuous, something that keeps going and never stops,” says Sankla. Drawn first to its sound, it was the Urdu poetry of Mirza Ghalib and Faiz Ahmed Faiz, that drew him first to the word.

We listened with bated breath as Mirza Ghalib took us all the way back to 19th-century Mughal India to share his life’s joys and travails — right here on the Shilpakala Vedika stage in Madhapur.

Bayan-e-Ghalib, a unique cultural tribute to Mirza Ghalib, blended ghazals and Kathak dance to celebrate the legendary poet's legacy at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad, drawing over 1,500 attendees.

Lyricist Javed Akhtar and singer Shilpa Rao paid tribute to the iconic Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib on his 227th birth anniversary. His ghazals have been interpreted and sung in many different ways ...

Mirza Ghalib is one of those poets, draped in greatness, who deserve to be constantly rediscovered by translators and critics. Maaz, as the translator, has done this job excellently in Temple Lamp.

Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869) is known as a remarkable Urdu poet. In his work, we can easily trace the tyranny of the time of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Haya- Meaning modesty or shyness, this name reflects the subtle and understated emotions expressed in Ghalib's ghazals. Gul- Meaning flower, this name symbolizes the delicate beauty and fragrance ...

A showdown ensured when he wrote a ghazal on the metre of celebrated poet Mirza Mohammad Rafi ‘Sauda’ and was roundly abused for his presumptuousness.

Ghalib began composing verses at the early age of 10 or 12 and had written many of his best-known ghazals by the time he was 19. Ghalib today remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but ...

He can be seen in this guise in the celebrated film 'Mirza Ghalib' (1954) in the court mushaira scene, where an unnamed actor plays him with verve, while reciting the same famous ghazal - though ...