Listen: How the tabla is used to accompany ghazals

Aneesh Pradhan

· Jul 27, 2024 · 09:45 am

Veteran ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas dies at 73

Scroll Staff

· Feb 26, 2024 · 05:19 pm

Acts of Retrieval: A ghazal by Mehdi Hassan & the art of improvisation in Hindustani classical music

Amit Chaudhuri

· Jan 29, 2023 · 11:30 am

Watch: What if ‘Besharam Rang’ from ‘Pathaan’ was a ghazal instead? Musician Proyash offers a sample

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· Jan 04, 2023 · 04:59 pm

‘The Hidden Garden’ brings us Mir Taqi Mir’s life, poetry and genius bundled into a single biography

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· May 29, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Akhtari Bai’s incomparable singing taught me how to understand a ghazal

Sheila Dhar

· Apr 13, 2021 · 08:30 am

Watch: Musician Sadu’s thought-provoking ‘ghazal pop’ song

Scroll Staff

· Dec 20, 2020 · 11:36 am

This book celebrates the composite culture of India that gave birth to and nurtured the Urdu ghazal

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· Dec 20, 2020 · 08:30 am

The Art of Resistance: What strange things will happen in India tonight?: A ghazal by Ranjit Hoskote

Ranjit Hoskote

· Jan 01, 2020 · 08:15 pm

Watch: Rekha singing a Mehdi Hassan ghazal from 1983 takes social media users back in time

Scroll Staff

· Sep 23, 2019 · 03:27 pm

Watch: What is a ‘reggaeton ghazal’? Check this song by Pakistani singer Ali Sethi

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· Jul 25, 2019 · 01:00 pm

How the legendary Begum Akhtar influenced the life and poetry of Agha Shahid Ali

Manan Kapoor, Sahapedia

· May 12, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘We have heard your call’: Gulzar replies to Javed Akhtar’s stirring poem asking writers to speak up

Gulzar

· Mar 23, 2019 · 01:11 pm

This new ghazal by Javed Akhtar is a clarion call for writers to wield their pens in dark times

Javed Akhtar

· Mar 21, 2019 · 12:30 pm

How Kerala came to embrace the unfamiliar musical genre of ghazals

Malini Nair

· Aug 28, 2018 · 11:30 am

How the decline of Pakistani film music led to the rise of ghazals and pop

Ishtiaq Ahmed

· Dec 10, 2017 · 11:30 am

How the ghazal lost its rigidity to become a popular expression of love and longing

Ashok Ranade

· Oct 01, 2017 · 11:30 am

A journalist wants to start a cultural renaissance in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar from his childhood home

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Aug 06, 2017 · 11:30 am

Why Ghulam Ali owns the ghazal ‘Chupke Chupke Raat Din’

Manish Gaekwad

· Dec 05, 2016 · 12:00 pm

To Rohith Vemula and Mirza Ghalib: Being stardust

Maaz Bin Bilal

· Apr 30, 2016 · 08:30 am