About the Book: Urdu Letters of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (translated into
English)
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was the brightest luminary of his time in the South
Asian, Muslim literary community. A poet in Urdu and Persian, he was endowed
with exquisite imagination, sparkling wit, and a charming presence. Ghalib was a
brilliant conversationalist, skilled in the art of human relations. In the last
twenty years of his life, the political conditions of northern India caused the
death or dispersion of many of his best friends. He satisfied his gregarious
urges by writing exquisite letters in Urdu, in a delightfully conversational
style. By these means Ghalib kept