Category Archives: poetry

Reshuffling

By Nistha | Published: March 3, 2010
All the urdu poetry posts have been moved over to my Moonstruck Blog. Please follow your love for poetry there and if possible, contribute. Thanks.
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Shakespeare’s curse

By Nistha | Published: January 13, 2010
Shakespeare’s curse, originally uploaded by dgj103. As I found a respite from tiring applications and worldly affairs, I couldn’t wait to get back to some of Ghalib’s works. However, I stumbled upon this as I was browsing. The tragedy of artists, as rueful it is, is also as intriguing and captivating. And if tempting the [...]
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Ghalib’s heritage endangered

By Nistha | Published: December 30, 2009
Unfortunate is the land that can’t uphold it’s own legacy. To have been blessed with the affections of the peerless Mirza Ghalib is sufficient alone to make Delhi special but Delhi has decided to hand the honor over to the oblivion. In recent news article from TOI, the Delhi govt. or the archaeological department had [...]
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