Jamshedpur, Jan. 18: Ghazal lovers who do not have good command over Urdu have reasons to cheer. City-based litterateur Syed Rizwanul Haque has translated 99 all-time hits into English. From Aamir ...

I first encountered Ghalib in the early 1970s. I was in graduate school, studying poetry. Then, as now, I had no Urdu. The medium of transmission—translation—was Aijaz Ahmad’s Ghazals of Ghalib, from ...

Your all-time favourite ghazals are readily available for viewing on YouTube. You can also visit Gaana.com, Wynkmusic and Saregama apps and listen to ghazal songs online.

This is an excerpt from the Preface to Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi: The Wonderful World of Urdu Ghazals, selected, edited and translated by Anisur Rahman, HarperCollins India, detailing the journey of ...

Many a dulcet female voice has graced a mehfil of ghazal across the sub-continent and beyond, for decades. Singers like Farida Khanum, Begum Akhtar, Chitra Singh, Iqbal Bano and Nayyara Noor have made ...

Epic filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali who also composes the music for his films, is all set to release his first independent non-film album. Containing 12 Ghazals sung by various artistes including ...

In our ongoing series on tabla accompaniment to Hindustani music and dance, we have looked closely at the tabla in the context of khayal, dhamaar, thumri and its allied forms, and tarana. Today, we ...