More on Ummid: International l National Regional l Politics Sports Religion l History l Culture l Education

 

 

21 yr old student develops mechanism to detect fake notes

MPCC slams BJP for holding Sushma Swaraj’s welcome.....

Dr. Chakraborty awarded 'Munshi Ghulam Mustafa Literary Award

BJP trashes Jus. Sagheer Ahmad's report, terms it a cruel joke

'Blue Moon’ eclipse on December 31

APJ Kalam calls upon students to adopt habit of reading

Sonia omits Rao as she praises Congress PMs on anniversary

Congress has always stood for secular values: Sonia

 

2009: A year of commissions, little actions for Indian Muslims: As the country prepared for the polls in early 2009, the ruling alliance had little chance of getting the majority to form the .... Read Full

2009: An eventful year for Maharashtra

2009 unfolds generational change in BJP

In Modi's Gujarat, Muslims assume Hindu names to find work: In a shocking revelation the leading English daily Indian Express in its today's issue says that in......Read Full

Gaza Killing: Palestinians vow retaliation

   

Sonia omits Rao as she praises Congress PMs on anniversary: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday made it a point to ignore P.V. Narasimha Rao as she lavished praise on all the prime ministers it has produced..... Read Full

Muslims will remain strong despite conspiracies: King Abdullah: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah said on Sunday that Islam and Muslims would remain strong despite enemy conspiracies..... Read Full

Ghalib still waiting for an 'ashiana' in Agra: Doyen of Urdu poetry Mirza Ghalib, whose 212th birth anniversary is being observed Sunday, still does not have a proper memorial, or a lane named after him in the city of his birth.... Read Full

21 yr old student develops cellphone mechanism to detect fake notes: A 21-year-old engineering student Neha M, has developed a mechanism by which a cellphone can double up as a counterfeit note detector ..... Read Full

   

 

22 MA degrees, 5 PhDs, 3 D.Lits, professor learns on: Meet R.K. Rai, a scholar extraordinary. Over the years he has acquired MA degrees in 22 subjects, five PhDs and three D.Lits. But at the age of 65, he wants more.... Read Full

'Pakistan, politically incorrect solution of a communal problem': "Muslims have every right to demand constitutional safeguards, but partition of India cannot promote..... Read Full

US Muslim leaders try to counter radicals’ influence on their youths: Mosques and Islamic organizations across the United States regularly issue statements..... Read Full

Chidambaram, Jihad and Congress politics: By expressing his biased or uninformed views on Jihad, India’s Home Minister P Chidambaram seems to be deliberately.... Read Full

   

 

 

If it wasn't for Ghalib, I wouldn't be a poet: Gulzar

 

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 09:09:28 PM, Subhash K. Jha, IANS

Ghalib still waiting for an 'ashiana' in Agra: Doyen of Urdu poetry Mirza Ghalib, whose 212th birth anniversary is being observed Sunday, still does not have a proper memorial, or a lane named after him in the city of his birth.... Read Full

Mirza Ghalib to be remembered at unique two-day event

Mumbai: Remember the television serial on Mirza Ghalib that Gulzar made in 1988? Twenty years later the Urdu poet remains as strongly imprinted on the mind of the veteran Bollywood lyricist as ever.

 

Proof of it lies in the fact that on the occasion of Ghalib's 200th birthday Sunday Gulzar participated in the annual candlelight march in honour of the peerless poet in Delhi.

 

"It's an annual ritual started by Pavan Kumar Varma who has researched intensely on Ghalib. Every year on Ghalib's birthday we Ghalib followers march with candles from the Town Hall in Delhi to Ghalib miyan's home at Gali Qasim Jaan," Gulzar told IANS.

 

"Remembering Mirza Ghalib on his birth anniversary is the least we can do. Do you know his house had been converted into a coal depot until Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji stepped in to rescue the monument from doom. Now Ghalib's home is a museum and a shrine which we visit every time on his birth anniversary. If it wasn't for Ghalib, I wouldn't be a poet," he added.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Bookmark and Share

Home | Top of the Page

  Comment on this article

Name:
E-mail Address:
Write here...
     
     
 

 
 
 

Ummid.com: Home | Contact Us | Disclaimer | Terms of Use | About Us | Feedback

Ummid Business: Advertise with us | Careers | Link Exchange

Ummid.com is part of Awaz Multimedia & Publications providing World News, News Analysis and Feature Articles on Education, Health. Politics, Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Industry etc. The articles or the views displayed on this website are for public information and in no way describe the editorial views. The users are entitled to use this site subject to the terms and condition mentioned.