He lived at a time when the Urdu language and poetry was at a formative stage – and his instinctive aesthetic sense helped him strike a balance between the indigenous expression and new enrichment ...

Their brother, Ahmedullah Khan, would teach them English. A born poet, Ze Khe Sheen was soon composing poetry in Persian and Urdu. She was barely 10 at that time. At about 18, she began ...

Born in 1797, Mirza Ghalib, originally named Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, is celebrated as one of the greatest poets in Urdu and Persian literature. For poetry enthusiasts, Ghalib remains a ...