Mir Taqi Mir (1722-1810), known by the mononym ‘Mir’, remains a towering figure in Urdu literature and distinguished scholar Gopi Chand Narang, who passed away on June 15, considers him ...

Gopi Chand Narang’s book is short but rich. Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir (1723-1810) is a major Urdu poet with a vast corpus of poetry consisting of more than thirteen thousand couplets.

Mir Taqi ‘Mir’, 300 Years On, Still Fresh. By VIKAS DATTA. MUMBAI – Whenever lyricists of Bollywood or Lollywood seemed stuck for the beginning of a song, they could always turn to Mir.One ...

This opened the world of Mir Taqi Mir’s poetry to Hoskote, leading him on a journey of translating the poet’s work. Hoskote, a 55-year-old art historian and translator, ...

Perhaps Mir’s most devastating critique would be of Lucknawi poet Jurat’s ghazals which he called ‘not poetry, but descriptions of kissing and licking’ (chumachati).

On his deathbed, Mir Mutaqqi, a practising sufi, summoned his two sons, Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810), and Mir’s stepbrother Muhammad Hasan. He told the boys he had nothing for them but unpaid debts ...

Death anniversary of classical Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir was observed on Tuesday. Born in Agra in 1723, Mir breathed his last on this day in Lucknow in 1810. Mir Taqi Mir's poetry gave shape to the Urdu ...

Mir Muhammad Taqi composed this Urdu verse in the 18th century, but he may as well have been writing about our world today. More than 200 years after his lifetime (1723-1810), Mir’s words strike ...

Even as cultural festivals earlier this month celebrated Mir Taqi Mir’s tercentenary, a look at why, unlike Ghalib and Iqbal, this 18th century Urdu poet, so closely connected with Delhi, has ...

The Homeland’s an Ocean presents a meticulously curated selection of 150 couplets from Mir Taqi Mir, one of Urdu’s most revered poets. Translated by Ranjit Hoskote, this collection, enriched ...

Mir Taqi 'Mir', 300 Years On: The Startlingly Modern Pioneer Of Urdu Ghazal . Date. 2023-02-28 02:30:06. Share on Facebook; Tweet on Twitter ...

Death anniversary of classical Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir was observed on Friday. Born in Agra in 1723, Mir breathed his last on this day in Lucknow in 1810. Mir Taqi Mir's poetry gave shape to the Urdu ...