Mirza Ghalib

Ami Kolkata: A museum housed within Metcalfe Hall re-imagines the City of Joy, reflects its democratic spirit

Ami Kolkata has its mandatory Tagore and Ray, but it also has a stairwell lined with quirky posters – old movie classics as well as vintage ads for Horlicks malted milk, Lily barley biscuits, and Firpo’s machine-made bread. It celebrates Kolkata biryani and Chinatown breakfasts as much as it honours its pioneers like Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Begum Roqeya.

Remembering Mirza Ghalib, Delhi's beloved Urdu and Persian poet, on his 221st birth anniversary

Ghalib was born in Kala Mahal at Agra on 27 December, 1797 and hailed from a Central Asian family of Aibak Turks who would traditionally serve as soldiers.

On Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib's 220th birth anniversary, a discussion about his shayari, writing style

The Firstpost Playlist: The Beatles’ heartbreak, Ilaiyaraaja’s classical strains and Chitra Singh’s ghazal

This weekend, Firstpost Playlist pays tribute to the legends of music – from Ilaiyaraaja to The Beatles and from Julie Andrews to Chitra Singh.

What plagues Congress: Analysing the party’s leadership dilemma through Ghalib's lens

No Congress leader, not even an otherwise outspoken Digvijay Singh or an erudite P Chidambaram, can dare to bare the truth about the election results.

'He avoided clichés in poetry': Javed Akhtar on poet and lyricist Nida Fazli

“This is a huge loss. I knew Nida Fazli very closely."

President's Rule in Arunachal: Why BJP, Congress should stop pigeon-and-statue game of hypocrites

The current finger-pointing and breakout of an epidemic of righteous indignation on the imposition of President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh remind us of Dilbert and Mirza Ghalib once said and warned against.

Theatre: Ghalib In New Delhi

23 September, 4 pm and 7 pm, Shri Ram Centre For Art & Culture, Connaught Place.

Anglo Arabic School: The oldest Delhi school is older than Delhi

They say that Dilli (not Delhi) has been built and wrecked many times. This structure, now home to Anglo Arabic senior secondary school, has seen it all.