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Rupa Publications India The Evolution of Ghalib by Hasan Abdullah
One of the most oftquoted poets of the nineteenth century, Ghalib was an intellectual colossus, whose poetry is imbued with timelessness and universality Born and brought up in North India, he wrote both in his mother tongue, Urdu, and in Persian, the established and privileged language of literature and officialdom He wrote exquisite prose, but is better known for his poetry, particularly his Urdu ghazals