Dr Amit Basole

About: Amit Basole is an author, poet, and expert on Mirza Ghalib’s poetry. He brings an engaging and informative approach to Ghalib's poetry, to make it accessible and relatable for a young and modern audience.

BOOK

Name: Thinking With Ghalib : Poetry for a new generation

Description:

Connecting Ghalib with the realities of life encountered by contemporary readers, this volume departs from the traditional approach and abandons the ghazalas the primary medium for introducing this extraordinary poet to new readers. With a selection of couplets from Ghalib’s ghazalsthat best exemplify his power as a source of insight, knowledge, and wisdom, these are presented in Urdu, Hindi, and Roman transliteration along with a literal translation, and interpretation, relating it to the central social, political and economic issues of our times. It is the creative timelessness of his poetry that makes this a ‘brilliant contribution to understanding the past in the present.’