Comments on: Mirza Ghalib

By: Qaiser butt

Qaiser butt — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:10:36 +0000

whenever i read him i feel sad very sad.How on earth a man of his calibre could live so little.He wanted the world in his lifetime and he knew he was the best yet no one, except few, could understand him.I guess pain do bring the best in men of letter.But for him the end was too much.I was very surprised to read abouthim in a religious book, tazkara ie ghausia, where the Ghaus Ali Shah Sahib,the Qalandar, admired him as a excellent humanbeing and a fanatastic poet.What a pity every thing had to end.

By: ajit

ajit — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:19:28 +0000

Ustad will live for ever

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links for 2010-03-31 « Rumblegumption — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:34:28 +0000

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By: pervez Roderick

pervez Roderick — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:35:03 +0000

It is an honor to see the real portrait of Ghalib. I am a fan of his poetry

Ate hain Ghaeb se ye mazameen khayal me
Ghlib sareer-e-khama nawa-e-saroosh he

By: Faraz Khan

Faraz Khan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:43:27 +0000

The topi he is wearing is called “Papakh” made from sheep skin coat called posteen.

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Tweets that mention Mirza Ghalib -- Topsy.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:58:51 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by David Boyk, Huma Imtiaz, elizabeth, Ricky Singh, Umair Muhajir and others. Umair Muhajir said: Only surviving Ghalib picture (thanks sepoy!): http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/mirza_ghalib.html [...]

By: shama zaidi

shama zaidi — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:34:40 +0000

this has been around for some time and a touched up enlargement was included in the new delhi ghalib commemorative exhibition in 1969 on the centenary of his death. there is also a portrait in the red fort museum, delhi.

By: Hades

Hades — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:41:37 +0000

What sort of a topi is he wearing? Or is that a distortion due to picture quality or something like that?

By: Faraz Khan

Faraz Khan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:58:17 +0000

This photo is incredibly similar to one published in my grand mother’s family history book, supposedly scanned from the original. Ghalib was related by marriage to the Loharo family to which my maternal grand mother belongs. The links below are scans from that book named “Khandan-e-Loharo” by Tahira Bano. I am not an expert in photography, but I think the photo in the book is retouched or entirely hand drawn.

A comparison shows that both are very similar but not exactly. A slight crack across the forehead in the Loharo photo is captured in the scan, something that is not found in the scan posted by Sepoy. Also the face is slightly more elongated in Sepoy’s photo.

http://www.ezdoc.net/faraz/ghalib_small.png
http://www.ezdoc.net/faraz/ghalib.png

By: sepoy

sepoy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:08:12 +0000

See here: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/ghalib/portraits/ghalibtaftahphoto.jpg

By: Aligarian

Aligarian — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:59:56 +0000

Can you please provide link to Tufta’s pic

By: maujkar

maujkar — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:07:52 +0000

…….meharbaaN ho ke bulaa lo mujhe chaaho jis waqt
maiN gayaa waqt nahiN hooN ke phir aa bhi na sakooN……..

By: Nostalgic

Nostalgic — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:11:57 +0000

“Uncle” Ghalib, preserved for posterity!

The link also has a picture of Munshi Hargopal Tufta, Uncle’s favorite pupil, familiar to anyone who has read Uncle’s collection of letters…

Thanks Sepoy!

By: rk

rk — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:44:51 +0000

Oriental STUD!

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:15:53 +0000

what eyes!

By: Qalandar

Qalandar — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:40:36 +0000

wow, never knew there was an existing photo, this is awesome!