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"Tom Alter as Mirza Ghalib"
Drama played on Ghalibs 212 th birth anniversary 27th Dec.2008
Dabeer-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-daulah Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan (Urdu/Persian: مرزا اسد اللہ بیگ خان ), pen-name Ghalib (Urdu/Persian: غالب, ġhālib means dominant) and (former pen-name) Asad (Urdu/Persian: اسد, asad means lion) (27 December 1796 — 15 February 1869), was a great classical Urdu and Persian poet of the Indian subcontinent. Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered to be the most popular and influential poet of the Urdu language.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghalib)
Tom Alter (born 1950) is an Indian actor of American origin. As a thespian and television actor, he is most prominently known for his work in Hindi language Indian cinema.
A native of the small Uttarakhand city of Mussoorie, Tom Alter is the son of American missionaries and has lived for years between the metropolis of Mumbai and the Himalayan hill station of Landour. As a child, he studied Hindi and Urdu and, as a result, has occasionally been referred to as the "Blue-eyed saheb with the impeccable Hindi." He has recently been awarded Padmasri by the Indian government
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Alter)
Indore's two prominent news papers used my photo of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi from my flikr's photstream, without my permission , and they even don't think to give me a credit line ! It is really very sad !
My three friends, Akshay Ameria , Artist ( Top), Upendra Upadhyay (Middle), Pravin Rawat (bottom)will exhibit their work at Jehangir art gallery, Mumbai from 18th - 24th March 2009,
Akshay ji is artist, Upendr is wild life photographer and Pravin bhai is fine art photographer,
I shoot this photo for their brochure !
Extensively traveled interiors of Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan and Gujarat for documentation of Textile hand printing, like Block printing, Batik, Bandhani, Bandhej, Azarak,Daboo etc.for this book. My 123 photographs published in this book “Ankan” written by my friend Mr.Chinmay Mishra ,A book on textile Hand printing. Published by Aadivasi lok kala Akadmi , Tulsi Sahitya Akadmi (Academy) and M.P. Cultural Academy in Hindi and English translation in process.This is Self portrait !
Born on October 12, 1938, in the city of Delhi, Nida Fazli (Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli) did his schooling from Gwalior. His father was an Urdu poet himself. During the Partition of India his parents migrated to Pakistan, but young Nida Fazli decided to stay in India. He did his post graduation at Gwalior College in 1954.