In ‘Love, Longing, Loss in Urdu Poetry’, Sanjiv Saraf puts together a collection, in the original and in translation, that’s both comprehensive and imaginative.

EXACTLY 124 years ago, on February 15, died Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, one of Urdu’s greatest bards. However, critical evaluation —commentaries and re-evaluation — of Ghalib’s poetry and ...