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Towards the autumn of the Mughal empire, Ghalib penned hauntingly beautiful verses in Urdu that can only be termed ‘immortal’
(There are thousands of ambitions that each such wish could consume my life
My desires, and I experience them all intensely, aren’t enough for this one lifetime.)
Mirza Ghalib’s contribution to Urdu ‘adab’ is what Shakespeare’s is to the English language – unparalleled.
Towards the autumn of the Mughal empire, Ghalib penned hauntingly beautiful verses in Urdu that can only be termed ‘immortal’.
Mirza Asadullah Khan 'Ghalib' was born in Agra in 1797. He moved to Delhi where his poetic talent blossomed and found new expression at a time when Bahadur Shah Zafar was the Mughal emperor.
Today marks Ghalib’s 221st birth anniversary. Let’s have a look at his words on love, loss, and life that are an inspiration to not just poets, but every literary enthusiast over the world.
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