When the new-age ghazal singer Khushboo Khanam from Mumbai sang these lines of Mir at a 'Sham-e-Ghazal' at Premchand Rangshala on Sunday, the audience was left wanting for more. PATNA: "Dil chala tut ...

For singer-songwriter Papon, ghazals hold a special place in his heart. A lifelong admirer of Urdu poetry, he sees the genre as a profound blend of emotion, storytelling, and musicality. “Urdu poetry ...

Beauty is woven into the ghazal with such deep feelings of love that the focus is always on seeking oneness with the other, notes Gopi Chand Narang. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In this ...

Veteran Urdu poet Bashir Badr once shared a 'secret'. He said: 'I have one enemy -- his name is Jagjit. Whatever is mine (poetry), people think it is his (when he sings it). That is why I never ...

A session on 'Urdu Ghazal New Formations' was held at the 14th International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, which was moderated by Nasira Zuberi. On this occasion, Ambreen ...

Mellifluous Mohammed Rafi once sang -‘Divaso judai na jay chhe ae jasey jaroor milan sudhi.’ Few know that these lyrics were penned by a Surti ghazalkaar- Abdul Gani Dahiwala. The Persian form of ...

THE word ghazal is derived from an Arabic root and it means ‘to talk amorously to women’. According to some scholars, ghazal also means ‘a doleful cry of pain uttered by a deer when surrounded by ...

A key figure in the re-emergence of the ghazal as a popular genre in the ‘seventies and ‘eighties of the last century, Jagjit Singh, who died in Mumbai on Monday, lent companionship and solace to a ...