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' ...

Khalil Dhantejvi, one of the most prolific poets in Gujarati language, died on Sunday Vadodara: Mana ki zindagi se bahot pyaar hain magar, kab tak rakhonge kaanch ke bartan sambhal kar (We know that ...

As a port city, Kochi has been a welcoming anchor for diverse cultures for over 500 years. Seafarers, traders, travellers and conquerors have given the city as many as 30 languages. So it wasn’t ...

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 ...

The story of Rajendra and Nina Mehta is the stuff of Valentine’s Day lore. In 1963, Rajendra met Nina at the All India Radio office in Mumbai. Her guru, Hafiz Ahmad Khan, had asked him to record a ...

Ghazals are like polished diamonds, a single stone with many facets. A single poem contains within itself a myriad of passionate smaller poems," says ghazal singer Mohammed Wakil Ghazals are like ...

GHAZAL, the most popular genre of Urdu’s lyrical poetry, has not only survived attacks from critics but has in fact grown in popularity. Originating from Arabic ‘qaseeda’, or panegyric ode, ghazal ...

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 ...