The Metaphorical Beloved
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Ajai R. Singh
Introduction Dr Ajai R. Singh is an Indian Psychiatrist practising at Aastha Health Care, Mulund, Mumbai, India. He is Editor, Mens Sana Monographs (www.msmonographs.org), which is a PubMed indexed International Journal and Monograph Series. Writings Dr. Singh has written extensively on matters related to conceptual issues in psychiatry, philosophy, bioethics, medicine and the pharmaceutical industry.
Edit summary Received 10 Arpri 2024 Revised 13 June 2024 Accepted 2 Aug 2024. Online Resources Ghalib -Decoded and Sung Ghalib – Sung by others Decoding Ghalib by others All Writings of Mirza Ghalib – Rekhta Deewan e Ghalib -Francis Pritchett
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The beloved, in poetry in general, and Urdu and Ghalib’s poetry in particular, isn’t necessarily a peeson in flesh and blood. She’s a metaaphor (isti.aaraa इस्तिआराاستعارا, or kinaaya किनायाکنایہ)for all that is attractive, enchanting, bewitching, but distant, deceitful, tormenting, spiteful, capricious. And the tantalisingly elusive. So near, and yet, so far. Much like all the
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Citation : Singh AR (2023) Who Was Ghalib .In :Ghalib, Psychology and Human Behaviour – 1 (A.R Singh and S.A Singh Eds), Mens Sana Monogr; 21:1.pg 1 Mirza Asadullah Khan ‘Ghalib (27th Dec 1797 – 15th Feb 1869) was a nineteenth century poet who wrote in Urdu and Persian. His Deewan-e- Ghalib written in Urdu,
Citation : Singh AR (2023) God, Existence, Ego And Godliness.In :Ghalib, Psychology and Human Behaviour – 1 (A.R Singh and S.A Singh Eds), Mens Sana Monogr; 21:1.pg 60-61 نہ تھا کچھ تو خدا تھا کچھ نہ ہوتا تو خدا ہوتا ڈبویا مجھ کو ہونے نے نہ ہوتا میں تو کیا ہوتا न था कुछ
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Citation : Singh AR (2023) No Compulsion Control In Love.In :Ghalib, Psychology and Human Behaviour – 1 (A.R Singh and S.A Singh Eds), Mens Sana Monogr; 21:1.pg 58-59 عشق پر زور نہیں ہے یہ وہ آتش غالبؔ کہ لگائے نہ لگے اور بجھائے نہ بنے इश्क़ पर ज़ोर नहीं है ये वो आतिश ‘ग़ालिब’
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Citation : Singh AR (2023) Urdu, Persian, Envy And Ghalib’s Writings.In :Ghalib, Psychology and Human Behaviour – 1 (A.R Singh and S.A Singh Eds), Mens Sana Monogr; 21:1.pg 56-57 جو یہ کہے کہ ریختہ کیونکے ہو رشک فارسی گفتۂ غالبؔ ایک بار پڑھ کے اسے سنا کہ یوں जो ये कहे कि रेख़्ता क्यूँके
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Citation : Singh AR (2023) Alcohol, Debts And Stoicism.In :Ghalib, Psychology and Human Behaviour – 1 (A.R Singh and S.A Singh Eds), Mens Sana Monogr; 21:1.pg 54-55 قرض کی پیتے تھے مے لیکن سمجھتے تھے کہ ہاں رنگ لاوے گی ہماری فاقہ مستی ایک دن क़र्ज़ की पीते थे मय लेकिन समझते थे कि
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