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]]> This is from an album Portrait of a Genius , a Ghalib cenetenary presentation. I wanted to share with you all the enormous pleasure that I received from this album. I hope you�ll also find it useful and enjoyable. Corrections/additions/comments welcome. Printed notes on the cover were given by Ali Sardar Jafri for this release. The album contains eight ghazals interpersed with prose.

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]]> https://urdugallery.com/portrait-of-a-genius.html/feed 0 Urdu Ghazal : An Introduction https://urdugallery.com/urdu-ghazal-an-introduction.html https://urdugallery.com/urdu-ghazal-an-introduction.html#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 13:30:12 +0000 https://urdugallery.com/?p=4435 A Beautiful Article On Urdu Ghazal

]]> Ghazal originated in Iran in the 10th century A.D. It grew from the Persian qasida, which verse form had come to Iran from Arabia. The qasida was a panegyric written in praise of the emperor or his noblemen. The part of the qasida called tashbib got detached and developed in due course of time into the ghazal. Whereas the qasida sometimes ran into as many as 100 couplets or more in monorhyme…

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]]> https://urdugallery.com/urdu-ghazal-an-introduction.html/feed 0 Sahir’s Stuff : Socialistic or Sufiyaa? https://urdugallery.com/sahirs-stuff-socialistic-or-sufiyaa.html https://urdugallery.com/sahirs-stuff-socialistic-or-sufiyaa.html#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 13:28:01 +0000 https://urdugallery.com/?p=4433 A Comprehensive Article By Guri

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]]> Hi, Here’s an article by Balpreet on Sahir that appeared in Indian Express of October 25, 1998 – exactly 18 years after “the social conscience of Hindi cinema took its final blow.” My comments are enclosed in “< >”. – Vinay P Jain Duniya ne tajurbaat-o-havadis ki shakl mein jo kuchh mujhe diya hai, wo lauta raha hun main (I am returing whatever the world has granted me by way of…

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]]> https://urdugallery.com/sahir-a-timeless-treat.html/feed 0 Courtesans of Lucknow and Urdu Poetry https://urdugallery.com/courtesans-of-lucknow-and-urdu-poetry.html https://urdugallery.com/courtesans-of-lucknow-and-urdu-poetry.html#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 13:11:26 +0000 https://urdugallery.com/?p=4422 A Handy Article By Unknown Writer

]]> As Mughal rule in Delhi declined, the Nawabs of Avadh came into their own, of course with the help of English, who were more than eager to help. Many courtesans moved from Delhi and surrounding areas to Lucknow, and Urdu poets and the seat of Urdu poetry went with them, to Lucknow where easy money was available in abundance, thanks to the poor farmers, who, as usual, were unaware of the doings of…

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