The oldest Gujarati ghazal poet Subedar Mahmoodmiya Mohammad Imam, popularly known as Asim Randeri, died of old age in Rander area of the city yesterday. The oldest Gujarati ghazal poet Subedar ...

Mellifluous Mohammed Rafi once sang -‘Divaso judai na jay chhe ae jasey jaroor milan sudhi.’ Few know that these lyrics were penned by a Surti ghazalkaar- Abdul Gani Dahiwala. The Persian form of ...

After the April release of Moments With Pankaj Udhas, the Ghazal icon is back with his new album, Dastkhat. The album is a collection of seven ghazals by Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, which includes the ...

Hailing from Gujarat, Pankaj Udhas` mother tongue was neither Urdu nor Hindi Listening to ghazals on the radio as a kid would excite him He fell in love with Urdu after moving to Mumbai Pankaj Udhas' ...

Ghazal Maestro and Gujarati poet Khalil Dhantejvi died on Sunday in Vadodara due to age-related issues, people close to him informed. Dhantejvi was 82 when he breathed his last. The poet, who was born ...

Noted ghazal singer Jagjit Singh on Monday said to preserve the genre of ghazals, preserving of languages like Urdu and Hindi was necessary PUNE: Noted ghazal singer Jagjit Singh on Monday said to ...

Ahmedabad, March 24 : Ahmedabad, March 24: The miles that separate Afghanistan and Ahmedabad did not prevent a rerun of Bamiyan during the Gujarat riots. The tomb of Vali Gujarati, the 17th century ...

The poet, who was born Khalil Ismail, but adopted 'Dhantejvi' from the name of his village Dhantej in Vadodara, had written many poems, ghazals. VADODARA: Noted Gujarati poet and ghazal maestro Khalil ...