4 Comments
May 3, 2022Liked by Rohini Chowdhury

As I was reading this piece, I wondered if any of Ghalib's own manuscripts have survived. Would you happen to know? I would love to see his handwriting.

We were in Milan a few years ago and accidentally stumbled upon an exhibition of Da Vinci's original hand written notes/sketches/designs. I cannot tell you the thrill I experienced at seeing those. I was transfixed and could easily have spent a whole lot more time just "exploring" his writing, albeit from behind a sheet of glass.

Just knowing that something like that of Ghalib's exists somewhere would be so pleasing.

Expand full comment
May 2, 2022Liked by Rohini Chowdhury

Informative.

Expand full comment

Interesting

Expand full comment