Ghalib's tale revives 'Dastangoi', the lost art of Urdu storytelling
The Times of India Mumbai|November 13, 2022
The legendary Urdu-Persian poet T Mirza Ghalib (1797-1869) must be smiling from heaven.
Mohammed.Wajihuddin
Ghalib's tale revives 'Dastangoi', the lost art of Urdu storytelling

Immensely talented and widely popular, Ghalib never took himself seriously. He saw the world as a bazeecha-e-atfal (children's playground) where tamasha (play of life) was enacted every day. He closely watched the end of the Mughal empire, and witnessed a bloodbath in the streets of Delhi in the aftermath of the 1857 rebellion. Not caring about what the puritans said about his drinking, he penned prolific poetry and entered the annals of literary and cultural history as a colossus.

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