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 ...

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' ...

One of the most respected Gujarati shayars, Ali Khan Baloch alias Shunya Palanpuri, often introduced himself with this famous gazal at various programmes. Ironically, he is a forgotten hero in his own ...

Shadab Zeest Hashmi’s Ghazal Cosmopolitan is, in her own words, “part love letter to Urdu… and part manual for the craft of ghazal.” Writing in English, the author feels that the ghazal has the ...