Way back in the 50s, Jawahar Lal Nehru told Suraiya, "tumne Mirza Ghalib kii ruuh ko zindaa kardiyaa" ["You have made Mirza Ghalib's soul come alive"], but now it is just her recordedvoice and fading prints of films that would keep her memories alive. As they indeed did for the last 41 yearssince she was last seen or heard in films since her sudden, inexplicable retirement in 1963 with her swansong yehkaesii ajab daastaan in the film Rustom Sohrab