Mir Taqi Mir (1722-1810), known by the mononym ‘Mir’, remains a towering figure in Urdu literature and distinguished scholar Gopi Chand Narang, who passed away on June 15, considers him ...

That was intrinsic — and enduring — talent of Mir Taqi ‘Mir‘, who was a poet both for, and ahead of, his times. Born in February 1723 — though the date is not known — making this his ...

‘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 ...

Mir Taqi Mir. Mir’s comprehensive English translations, Selected Ghazals and Other Poems as well as Ghazals: Translations of Classic Urdu Poetry, published under the Murty Classical Library ...

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 ...

What Mir concealed in Zikr-e Mir, he revealed in two short masnavis (poems), after he had moved to ... Excerpted with permission from The Hidden Garden: Mir Taqi Mir, Gopi Chand Narang, translated ...

Mir Muhammad Taqi, known as Mir Taqi Mir ... ghazal and is often remembered as one of the best poets of the Urdu language. The signature of his poetry is the grief he expresses. He has expressed a lot ...

The Homeland’s an Ocean presents a meticulously curated selection of 150 couplets from Mir Taqi Mir, one of Urdu ... life and times of an 18th-century poet who lived through one of the ...

what are the elements that make literature or poetry great”, wrote Prof Dr Tehseen Firaqi in his intro to a compendium of important critical essays on Mir Taqi Mir’s art. The question that ...

Canonised as one of Urdu’s greatest poets, Mir Muhammad Taqi “Mir” of Delhi ... Among these is the masnavi, a narrative poem of indeterminate length but in in a uniform meter and with ...

Even as cultural festivals earlier this month celebrated Mir Taqi Mir’s tercentenary, a look at why, unlike Ghalib and Iqbal, this 18th century Urdu poet, so closely connected with Delhi, has ...

AMU vice chancellor Prof Muhammad Gulrez said that Mir Taqi Mir portrayed in his poetry a wide array of human emotions and feelings and his poetic thoughts are still considered valuable for ...