Many poets, I love. I love them for their beauty, for their tenderness.Ghalib is one of those poets. Ghalib was not enlightened. He was not a saint or the one who had seen. But, his vision was very sensitive. He had immensely sensitive. Here, I again a remember a beautiful couplet from Ghalib-
People are saying that, Ghalib will vanish and will remain his torn pieces….
I also went to see it, bur the show did not happen…….
A blame which Ghalib always faced was, he had used stolen ideas from other poets. Now, this idea, is also not very uncommon. Thousands of poets before Ghalib must have written something about this idea. But, the way of Ghalib is unique. I dont think any other poet has this beauty in his language. The above mentioned idea can be put in many different patterns. But, the pattern used by Ghalib, ‘I also went to see’ is unique, is what I love. Duty and beauty of poet is in how he unfolds. As far as this unfolding is concerned, Ghalib is just unbeatable….
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