It was Lord T. B. Macaulay who, in the third decade of the 19th century, envisioned producing a new hybrid class — Indian in blood and colour, and English in taste and knowledge. Later, Sir ...

By the 18th century, Urdu became a well-developed language with a body of literature that consisted mainly of poetry. Urdu poetry has a wide range of forms. The masnavi, for example, is a long ...

The 151st death anniversary of classical Urdu poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was observed on Saturday. Ghalib wrote hundreds of Ghazals during his life which have since been interpreted and sung in ...

Hamtramck, Michigan, Mayor Amer Ghalib made headlines over the weekend by endorsing former President Donald Trump’s latest bid for president, putting the U.S.’ only Muslim-majority town in the ...

In hand this week is a thick volume of reflections on Urdu poetry, a language that started ... of the poets ranging from ...

Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, the first Arab American and first Muslim to lead the city, announced late Sunday afternoon he will support the former president. Ghalib's post on Facebook supporting ...

Many years ago, he had 10 employees serving droves of Urdu ... Mirza Ghalib, sip tapri chai, and listen to evening mushairas. Even Jawaharlal Nehru was known to stop by to join the poetry gatherings.

Learn about rhythm in poetry and how it can be used as device which has an effect on the reader. How to understand open and closed form in poetry Closed form poetry uses stricts patterns of rhymes ...

Well, this one probably wasn’t on your election bingo card. Amer Ghalib—the Muslim mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, which since 2021 has also been governed by a city council made up of ...

“President Trump and I may not agree on everything, but I know he is a man of principles,” Ameer Ghalib, who leads the city of Hamtramck in Michigan, wrote. Donald Trump took to Truth Social ...