Ghazal
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‘The Ghazal Eros’: New ways of thinking about history, poetics, and gendered content of ghazals
Asiya Zahoor
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Listen: How the tabla is used to accompany ghazals
Aneesh Pradhan
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Veteran ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas dies at 73
Scroll Staff
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Acts of Retrieval: A ghazal by Mehdi Hassan & the art of improvisation in Hindustani classical music
Amit Chaudhuri
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Watch: What if ‘Besharam Rang’ from ‘Pathaan’ was a ghazal instead? Musician Proyash offers a sample
Scroll Staff
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‘The Hidden Garden’ brings us Mir Taqi Mir’s life, poetry and genius bundled into a single biography
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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Akhtari Bai’s incomparable singing taught me how to understand a ghazal
Sheila Dhar
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Watch: Musician Sadu’s thought-provoking ‘ghazal pop’ song
Scroll Staff
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This book celebrates the composite culture of India that gave birth to and nurtured the Urdu ghazal
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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The Art of Resistance: What strange things will happen in India tonight?: A ghazal by Ranjit Hoskote
Ranjit Hoskote
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Watch: Rekha singing a Mehdi Hassan ghazal from 1983 takes social media users back in time
Scroll Staff
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Watch: What is a ‘reggaeton ghazal’? Check this song by Pakistani singer Ali Sethi
Scroll Staff
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How the legendary Begum Akhtar influenced the life and poetry of Agha Shahid Ali
Manan Kapoor, Sahapedia
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‘We have heard your call’: Gulzar replies to Javed Akhtar’s stirring poem asking writers to speak up
Gulzar
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This new ghazal by Javed Akhtar is a clarion call for writers to wield their pens in dark times
Javed Akhtar
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How Kerala came to embrace the unfamiliar musical genre of ghazals
Malini Nair
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How the decline of Pakistani film music led to the rise of ghazals and pop
Ishtiaq Ahmed
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How the ghazal lost its rigidity to become a popular expression of love and longing
Ashok Ranade
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A journalist wants to start a cultural renaissance in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar from his childhood home
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Why Ghulam Ali owns the ghazal ‘Chupke Chupke Raat Din’
Manish Gaekwad