If not all, a good majority of them survived in another genre or form- as poetry," says Gulzar in the book. "When Sunjoy translated a few of my lyrics to English, they sounded suspiciously like poems.

Veteran lyricist-poet Gulzar celebrates the metaphor of exile in many ways in a new collection of poems which he has dedicated to the planet Pluto. The poems have been translated into English by ...

Gulzar’s latest collection of translated poems was released in New Delhi earlier this week, compiling 45 of his most lyrical poems, translated by author-translator, Pavan K Varma in English.

Gulzar, who was working as an assistant to Roy, finally relented and delivered his first lyrical masterpiece, “Mora Gora Ang Lay Le”, which was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and is memorable even today.

The programme titled ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’ was convened by Gurpartap Singh, author and Professor of English Department, Hindu College. Several interesting details from the celebrated poet’s ...

Gulzar was born in Dina, in the city of Jhelum, which is pronounced ‘Jehlum’ colloquially. Translating the novel into English became a bit of a hurdle, says the Dada Saheb Phalke winner.