Mirza Ghalib was a distinguished Urdu and Persian poet, considered to be the last great poet of the Mughal era. This virtuoso, who was from a Central Asian family of Aibak Turks, who traditionally served as soldiers, followed his own passion in writing and transcended as one of the most influential and popular poets in the Urdu language. Overcoming all odds that eclipsed his personal life, including losing his father as a child, facing financial constraints throughout his life, becoming alcoholic, violating norms, and even getting incarcerated, he stood out with his fascinating poetry, prose pieces, epistles, and diaries. The most remarkable poems of this literary master were in the forms of the “ghazal” (lyric), the “qaṣīdah” (panegyric) and the “mas̄navī” (moralistic or mystical parable). Struggling through penury and other adversities, he finally garnered recognition after being inducted as the poet laureate in the court of the last Mughal emperor of India, Bahādur Shāh II. Born Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, he used the pen-names Ghalib, meaning dominant, and Asad, meaning lion, while crafting his imaginations. His honorific was “Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula.” His rich body of literary work has remained an inspiration for other poets and writers for generations and continues to touch the soul of the Hindustani populace, beyond the ambits of India and Pakistan.