Anisur Rahman, currently senior advisor to the Rekhta Foundation, and formerly professor and head of English at Jamia Millia Islamia University, is the author of numerous books and essays on ...

For the millennials, a Jagjit Singh playlist will begin with “Koi Fariyaad” from Tum Bin. And for a generation before that, it can be “Tum Itna Jo” from Arth. The two movies might be over two decades ...

Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab is no stranger to the decadence of cultural heritage in musical imagination. After all, she has used Urdu ghazals and idioms frequently in her music in the past. Her ...

Mirza Ghalib, who died on February 15, 1869, was a powerful, eloquent and erudite poet who investigated and captured life’s experiences and occurrences with capering humour in his enigmatic ghazals.

Later this month, October 30 marks the death of Begum Akhtar in 1974. Fifty-one years later, when ghazals are mentioned, her ...

Who are we, if not the product of our thoughts, emotions and desires? Who doesn’t wish to fall in love and witness the restlessness of the eyes frantically searching for the one?’ If you enjoy such ...

Shankar Mahadevan, a music composer-singer, attempted a new stint - Ghazal singing. ‘Teri Hee Parachhayian’ is a confluence of traditional Ghazal gayaki and modern arrangement. “Shankar, who has a ...

My discovery of contemporary world literature and Afzal Ahmed Syed’s poetry happened around the same time, 25 years ago. The two seemed of a piece: novel and indispensable. Dazzled by one’s first ...

It was music that made Raaza Razaq and Imthiyas Beegum a couple. Better known as Raaza Beegum or Raaza and Beegum in the music circle, the husband-wife duo will perform in the city on March 9. Raaza ...