Thread by @amitbasole

1/9 Today is the 226th birthday of #Ghalib. Thread on some resources for those wanting to dive deeper beyond the many excellent translations in a lot of languages. Needless to say, a very partial list from the vast scholarship on the man and his work. Please feel free to add.

2/9 Starting with Prof Frances Pritchett's labour of love, A Desertful of Roses where she has commented on every single Urdu verse of Ghalib, published as well as unpublished and collected previous commentators' thoughts too: franpritchett.com/00ghalib/

3/9 Prof Pritchett's bibliography is a great place to start for book length studies in English and Urdu: and franpritchett.com/00ghalib/appar…
franpritchett.com/00ghalib/appar…

4/9 A great collection of free e-books (esp in Urdu) on Rekhta: . For e.g. Yadgar-e-Ghalib by Hali from where we get many of our favourite anecdotes: rekhta.org/search/ebooks?…
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5/9 Some long lectures by Ustad Ahmad Javaid sb on aspects of his poetry. These are unmissable if you can follow Urdu:
Ghalib ki ma'ani afrini:
Ghalib ka takhayyul:
Imagery of Ghalib: tinyurl.com/phwauxeb
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6/9 2 recent book length studies in English: a critical biography by @FarooqiMehr where you can learn a lot about the various editions of his work and his evolution as a poet. And an analysis of key themes as well as poetic evolution by Prof. Gopi Chand Narang (tr Surinder Deol)

7/9 A delightful talk on some verses of Ghalib by the Bollywood actor Kader Khan: tinyurl.com/yc4faj8y

8/9 My own extremely small efforts, a slim volume of contemporary interpretations of some verses in collaboration with Prof Anjum Altaf. And a set of six short podcast episodes from Radio Azim Premji University: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/inside-the-bea…

9/9 All the above pertain to his Urdu work. His Persian output is much larger though not as well studied. Here are his Persian verses for those interested: ganjoor.net/ghaleb