144 years of verses & memories
25 April 2013 8:02 AM IST
A refrain in his poetical themes pointed to the idea of life being a continuous painful struggle, that ends with life itself. It is succinctly captured in one of his couplets that compares life to a prison that is like a bondage of grief. A grief that can only get away when death befalls on life.
Kaide hayaat, bande gam asl mei dono ek hain,
maut se pehle aadmi gam se nijaat paye kyon?
The poet is synonymous to both Urdu and Persian poetry in India and he is the one who is renowned even amongst circles that have nothing to do with poetry- Mirza Ghalib. He lived his last moments in Delhi, the city that is brimming up with activities to commemorate the work of the great artist on his 144th death anniversary.
The day shall mark the release of the documentary Yaad Gaar-e-Ghalib, paying a tribute to the renowned poet whose couplets and poetry still receive reverberating appreciation in poetic gatherings. It will be screened at the two day ceremony to celebrate the artist and his works.
The two day festival will bring together a motley of activities. The highlights are Uma Sharma’s Kathak performance Ek Shama Rehe Gayi Hai So Who Bhi Khamosh Hai, ghazals by the maestro, Ustad Moin Khan coming from Mumbai and the excerpts by Pawan Kumar from his book Ghalib: The man The times. The evenings shall draw to a close with Mushaira baithaks (poetical gatherings) with eminent poets in mughal style. The poets are coming from all across the country to participate in this event. To entice you, there’s a long list of poets gracing these evenings with their presence and the list includes Uday Pratap Singh, Nawaz Deobandi, Rahat Indori,Salim Sidiqui, among others.
The streets of Ballimaran, right in the midst of the ever busy Chandni Chowk speak of the life and times of the late poet. Ghalib memorial, carrying an air of poetry is a permanent exhibition that runs on the site where the famous poet breathed his last. Had Ghalib written in English, he would have been the greatest poet of all times, amongst all languages, said Ralph Russell, a British scholar of Urdu literature. We can’t agree more!
Kaide hayaat, bande gam asl mei dono ek hain,
maut se pehle aadmi gam se nijaat paye kyon?
The poet is synonymous to both Urdu and Persian poetry in India and he is the one who is renowned even amongst circles that have nothing to do with poetry- Mirza Ghalib. He lived his last moments in Delhi, the city that is brimming up with activities to commemorate the work of the great artist on his 144th death anniversary.
The day shall mark the release of the documentary Yaad Gaar-e-Ghalib, paying a tribute to the renowned poet whose couplets and poetry still receive reverberating appreciation in poetic gatherings. It will be screened at the two day ceremony to celebrate the artist and his works.
The two day festival will bring together a motley of activities. The highlights are Uma Sharma’s Kathak performance Ek Shama Rehe Gayi Hai So Who Bhi Khamosh Hai, ghazals by the maestro, Ustad Moin Khan coming from Mumbai and the excerpts by Pawan Kumar from his book Ghalib: The man The times. The evenings shall draw to a close with Mushaira baithaks (poetical gatherings) with eminent poets in mughal style. The poets are coming from all across the country to participate in this event. To entice you, there’s a long list of poets gracing these evenings with their presence and the list includes Uday Pratap Singh, Nawaz Deobandi, Rahat Indori,Salim Sidiqui, among others.
The streets of Ballimaran, right in the midst of the ever busy Chandni Chowk speak of the life and times of the late poet. Ghalib memorial, carrying an air of poetry is a permanent exhibition that runs on the site where the famous poet breathed his last. Had Ghalib written in English, he would have been the greatest poet of all times, amongst all languages, said Ralph Russell, a British scholar of Urdu literature. We can’t agree more!
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