A POETIC TRIBUTE TO GHALIB
For Delhi’s former LG Najeeb Jung ,a dream he lived with for 50 years came true with the recent launch of his book Deewaan-e-Ghalib: Sariir-e-Khaama ,a translation and compilation of Ghalib’s Urdu kalaam to English. “It was a dream to bring works of the master before an audience that heard his ghazals, loved the rhythm, but did not get the full import of the beauty, the mysticism, the richness, the iconoclasm of his work because of limitations in vocabulary,” says Jung.
The evening saw the presence of BritishIndian actor Kunal Nayyar, former MP Pavan K Varma, Dastangoi performer Mahmood Farooqui, author Huma Khalil, Urdu stalwarts Khalid Mahmood and Azhar Iqbal, and Sanjiv Saraf of Rekhta Foundation, among others.