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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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Ghalib and Gulzar

By Nistha | Published: April 22, 2008
If one enumerates the people who have made hindi cinema more beautiful and sensitive by their contributions, Gulzar would be a front runner in the list. His ingenius creativity has come alive on the screen so many times and he has created his own class. I can not help noticing his respect and recognition of [...]
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Ghalib’s ‘dekhna kismet ki’

By Nistha | Published: April 10, 2008
The urdu poetry’s exploration project has achieved such unexpected depths that I’ve decided to separate it into another blog, in this case my old unused one. Phi has thrown some significant light on to the ghazal I posted 1-2 days ago and the ghazal analysis is far from over. Anyways, I shall pursue this ghazal’s [...]
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