Frances Pritchett: How to Read Ghalib

Frances Pritchett is Professor of Modern Indic Languages in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. She teaches courses on Indian civilization, Urdu literature and Islam in South Asia. Pritchett's publications include Nets of Awareness: Urdu Poetry and Its Critics, The Romance Tradition in Urdu: The Dastan of Amir Hamzah, Urdu Meter: A Practical Handbook, and Urdu Literature: A Bibliography of English Language Sources.

[@fawadshah3211]

Really informative for the ones who love Ghalib.dr saahiba nay b kamaal kar dya.shukriya

[@RohitWason]

Just marvelous! I have been reading on her website for two decades now and it's a pleasure watching her talk on the topic that's dear to many of us - Mirza Ghalib.

[@geetanair2541]

Captivating lecture. Dr. Pritchett's website is truly a treasure.

[@FaridUlIslam-co2ys]

Ghalib and mir khosro and wali nazir akberabadi and akber Allahabadi generations gone and to come shall always be thankful proud and indebted to these gentlemen for making India Urdu and Urdu tehzib at par with Arabic Persian and english languages!!

[@sidra5750]

thank you for this... thoroughly captivating 😍😍😍

[@transfastgroup]

very impressed even amazed

[@ehteshamazimabadi645]

You are Great Dr.Pritchett .I'll again visite your class......

[@mudasirfazal]

Such a wonderful session, Sadd Aafreen. ❤️❤️❤️

[@sochiye]

Brilliant!

[@5332wonderboy]

I am impressed mam, you have more knowledge that

[@saharsandhya4342]

Excellent, I am still learning

[@naumankhan9139]

Excellent

[@fayekasad4069]

waise to hai duniya mein sukhanwar bahot acche kehte hai galib Ka hai andaz e bayan aour

[@salimshahzadkhan5251]

Is it urdu hidi flagship or hindi urdu ?

[@alfamale9163]

Can someone give me the site of her.

[@salimshahzadkhan5251]

Putting punctuations is not nesessary in a sher but sometimes it is inevitable to use one or two of them

[@drs2969]

This video prominently highlights the problem Western academia has when it focuses on subjects way beyond its remit - to wit, to avert the receiver's gaze from its inadequacies, western academia surreptitiously focuses on technicalities but fails to grasp any of the nuances, where in fact the actual beauty lies.

[@kalankithaseena6498]

The best stuff comes after

[@SDSen]

She has knowledge she should do one on Meer the khuda e sukhan

[@5332wonderboy]

Than most of us in urdu speaking world have about urdu poetry.