Mirza Ghalib is perhaps the most widely chronicled Urdu poet in English. But few can pithily capture the essence of his life and work as enjoyably as Raza Mir can. In this lively witty and illuminating account Ghalib emerges from these pages as a man of his time but also one who looms large over history.Raza infuses his research with just the right amount of anecdote and trivia evoking Ghalib as an outspoken genius a game-changer who never shied away from aiming a witty barb (or three) at his ri