Maaf Rakhna: Mirza Ghalib’s Livid Letter to Shahabudin Saqib
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Urdu has long been romanticised, especially in India, as a language of refinement and culture. Urdu poetry carries the additional romance of similes and metaphors, making it a sweet tongue. Bollywood has furthered this with glorious love lyrics in Urdu. The grand poet of the language would then, typically, epitomise these virtues of soft-spoken refinement. Except, not always.
Maaf Rakhna: Mirza Ghalib’s Livid Letter to Shahabudin Saqib
Maaf Rakhna: Mirza Ghalib’s Livid Letter to…
Maaf Rakhna: Mirza Ghalib’s Livid Letter to Shahabudin Saqib
Urdu has long been romanticised, especially in India, as a language of refinement and culture. Urdu poetry carries the additional romance of similes and metaphors, making it a sweet tongue. Bollywood has furthered this with glorious love lyrics in Urdu. The grand poet of the language would then, typically, epitomise these virtues of soft-spoken refinement. Except, not always.