‘Far better than Lucknow the ruins of Delhi,’ mourned Mir Taqi Mir, the finest ghazal writer ... When the Lucknow cognoscenti asked Mir to recite his poetry for them, the scornful poet ...

New Delhi: Literature lovers, writers and researchers carefully turned the stained pages of 18th-century Mughal poet Mir Taqi Mir’s rare manuscripts, handwritten with black ink. The week-long ...

Death anniversary of classical Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir was observed on Friday. Born in Agra in 1723, Mir breathed his last on this day in Lucknow in 1810. Mir Taqi Mir's poetry gave shape to the Urdu ...

A modern poet Jamal who is against the traditional Urdu Poetry reads the biography of Mir Taqi Mir,one of the greatest poets of the 18th century. And sees Mir's reflection on his personality.