Later this month, October 30 marks the death of Begum Akhtar in 1974. Fifty-one years later, when ghazals are mentioned, her ...

In her Mumbai apartment late at night, Mansvi Saxena (20) plays Mehdi Hassan’s ghazal Mujhe Tum Nazar Se, a song her mother once played on repeat after losing her father. On a long bus ride, Saahil ...

Besides soulful film and non-film tracks, a genre of music that’s extremely close to singer Papon’s heart is ghazal. An integral part of all his concert setlists, the musician admits that a large ...

A Bangladeshi Islamic cleric, Maulana Abdul Quddus Faruqi, has called for suicide attacks on Kolkata, endorsing a Taliban-style tactic. In the video that has been watched over 1.3 lakh times, Faruqi ...

Imagine a small stage, no crowds, or smoke machines—just a small group of poetry and qawwali enthusiasts sitting around, waiting for a sarangi to begin. This setting could have people visualising a ...

Among the prominent music composers of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Bappi Lahiri worked with brilliant singers, the cream of the crop. He was the fondest of the “outsider” Pankaj Udhas’ dulcet voice. In an ...

As the elevator doors opened in the lounge of a plush five-star hotel in Dubai, Shaan emerged in smart casuals, presenting that famous toothy grin before giving his friend a warm hug. One of the ...

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 ...

The 48th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, widely revered for his limitless contributions to Bangla literature, is being observed in a befitting manner across the country today.

When you utter the word ‘ghazal’, what comes to mind are the timeless verses of Mirza Ghalib and the haunting voices of Mehdi Hasan, Farida Khanum, Ghulam Ali, and Jagjit Singh. Ghazal is a ...

While Jagjit Singh was one of the proponents who in the later stages of his singing career deconstructed rendition of ghazals and initiated the process of incorporation of western musical instruments ...

On Monday, February 26, 2024, 72-year-old veteran ghazal-playback vocalist and Padma Shri recipient Pankaj Udhas passed away following a protracted illness. He passed away in Mumbai at 11 a.m. today.