Birthday poet by numbers
India, Dec. 27 -- Today is actor Salman Khan's birthday. It is also actor Timothee Chalamet's birthday. It is also the birth anniversary of Delhi's greatest poet. We exploit this day to celebrate our Mirza Ghalib exclusively through numbers. The accompanying photo was snapped some afternoons ago, just as internationally renowned photographer Nicholas Vreeland (also a Buddhist monk) was sighted visiting Ghalib's marble tomb in central Delhi. Plus, a shoutout to Ghalib Academy secretary Aqil Ahmad, kind enough to double-check some of these figures.
27/12/1797: Date of Ghalib's birth. He was born in Agra.
15/02/1869: Date of Ghalib's death. During his last days, he often used to recite the verse:
"My dying breath is ready to depart,
And now, m...
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