I first encountered Ghalib in the early 1970s. I was in graduate school, studying poetry. Then, as now, I had no Urdu. The medium of transmission—translation—was Aijaz Ahmad’s Ghazals of Ghalib, from ...

Editors Sukrita Paul Kumar (left) and Vinita Agrawal. “…This year, one of the distinctive features in the selected poems turns out to be that of many poets unravelling their connection with their ...

What is a poem? School led us to believe that it was anything that rhymed. Lyricists still seem to think so. Poets, however, see it differently. A poem finds new ways to express an idea. It puts vague ...

His poetry is a reflection of his love for language and the emotions it can convey. In this article, we take a look at five ...

Foreword -- Chapter 1: The Panegyrical Qaside-A Brief Historical Preview / J.T.P. de Bruijn -- Chapter 2: The Panegyric Qaside In The Eastern Iranian World: Court Poetry In The Samanid And Ghaznavid ...

Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s Ghazal Cosmopolitan is, in her own words, “part love letter to Urdu… and part manual for the craft of ghazal.” Writing in English, the author feels that the ghazal has the ...

Poetry often bypasses the conventions of connotation, flexes the rigidity of common contextual structures and eventually reinvigorates language itself by nuancing the larger context and stretching ...

An unforgettable evening of poetry, emotions, and powerful storytelling at the NDTV Creators Manch, where some of the most talented poets and shayars captivated the audience with their words. The ...

Pratibha Singh Baghel is all set to bring Dastaan-E-Ghazal to Hyderabad on June 21 at Shilpakala Vedika, and she couldn’t be more excited. For her, Hyderabad is not just another venue, it’s a city ...