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 ...

Mir Taqi Mir, 1786. | Public domain Before he died, Mir’s father sent for Mir and his stepbrother, Hafiz Muhammad Hasan, who was not very friendly towards Mir.

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, ...

Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) is ranked among the greatest poets of Urdu with Ghalib, Iqbal and Mir Anees. Mir is a poet who has not only lent credibility to Urdu poetry but the Urdu language itself.

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).

Delhi Shayari Club organised a virtual event to commemorate Mir Taqi Mir's 210th death anniversary Poets like Vipul Kumar (L), Abhinandan Pandey (C) and Abbs Qamar (R) sent videos of them reciting ...

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 ...

The Hidden Garden, a new book on Mir Taqi Mir, looks at the Urdu poet’s thematic variations and affirms the multisensory appeal of his ghazals The pre-colonial cultural synthesis, literary and ...

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 ...