MUMBAI, (IANS) – Even 154 years after his death, the legendary Urdu-Persian poet — Mirza Beg Asadullah Khan, or just Mirza Ghalib — often referred to as the ’emperor of romance ...

Lucknow: The UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Friday witnessed a mesmerising confluence of poetry, ghazal, and kathak during Bayan-e-Ghalib, a soulful even.

I quoted the great thinker’s words on imagination here because this year’s Dosti Peshawar Literature Festival (DPLF-2025) centred around the theme Ranayee-i-Khayal (the radiance of imagination).

Poet Sohel Hasan Galib has been removed from his role as a training specialist at the National Academy for Educational Management, or NAEM, following his arrest on charges of hurting religious ...

In 2024, criticism emerged over a poem written by Galib in a book published by Ujan Prakashan. When the poem went viral on social media, Galib was accused of “satirising” the Prophet Muhammad.

Imagine standing face-to-face with Mirza Ghalib, the legendary Urdu poet, as if he's stepped right out of history. At Jashn-e-Rekhta Dubai 2025, this moment becomes reality through a life-sized ...

Hamtramck mayor Amer Ghalib speaks during a ceremony for the renaming of Holbrook Street in Hamtramck to Palestine Avenue on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the corner of Holbrook Street and Gallagher ...

Another work that made a mention of Ghalib’s poetry in his early literary career is Iyaar-ush-Shuara, a tazkira penned in Persian in or around 1832 by Khoob Chand Zaka.

Ghalib's arduous journey to Kolkata via a long stay in Banaras marked a turning point in his poetic career; now, Ghalib proliferated his Persian poetry, while his Urdu poetry took a halt. During ...

Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. His first language was Urdu, but Persian and Turkish were also spoken at home. Although Ghalib himself was far prouder of his poetic achievements ...