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ghazals

  • Hariharan interview: ‘Independent music is becoming stronger than film music’

    Hariharan interview: ‘Independent music is becoming stronger than film music’

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Mar 11, 2026 · 09:05 am
  • ‘The Hidden Garden’: This book examines Mir Taqi Mir’s life through his incomparable poetry

    ‘The Hidden Garden’: This book examines Mir Taqi Mir’s life through his incomparable poetry

    Gopi Chand Narang
    · Jan 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Pakistani singer Ali Sethi on why ghazals are no longer an ‘aunty-uncle’ genre

    Pakistani singer Ali Sethi on why ghazals are no longer an ‘aunty-uncle’ genre

    Dawn Images staff
    · May 03, 2020 · 09:30 pm
  • The ghazal meets politics and contemporary India in Maaz Bin Bilal’s new book of poetry

    The ghazal meets politics and contemporary India in Maaz Bin Bilal’s new book of poetry

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Jul 30, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • How do you select and translate Urdu ghazals by 65 poets written over 500 years? Ask Anisur Rahman

    How do you select and translate Urdu ghazals by 65 poets written over 500 years? Ask Anisur Rahman

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Mar 31, 2019 · 12:30 pm
  • How the ghazal traveled from 6th-century Arabia to Persia, India and the English-speaking world

    How the ghazal traveled from 6th-century Arabia to Persia, India and the English-speaking world

    Anisur Rahman
    · Jan 11, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • Listen: A sombre rendition of the usually upbeat Kaharvaa taal, to mirror these sombre times

    Listen: A sombre rendition of the usually upbeat Kaharvaa taal, to mirror these sombre times

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Apr 14, 2018 · 05:30 am