Begum Akhtar’s Couplet

October 28, 2017

Wo aa rahen hai jo biimaar kii dawaa ke liye Khamosh baithe hain sab chaaraagar duaa ke liye Translation: (he …

Aye Mohabbat Tere Anjaam Pe Rona Aaya..

September 17, 2016

Here is a beautiful ghazal penned by Urdu poet and lyricist Shakeel Badayuni, who celebrates his birth centenary this year …

October 25, 2015

Yalghaar or Yalgaar means assault/attack. Yalgaar is also the name of a 1992 Hindi film directed by and starring Feroz Khan alongside Sanjay Dutt, …

December 27, 2014

Writer Preksha Malu from DNA has written an interesting article which covers how Urdu is slowly making a come back …

December 20, 2014

At mehfil we celebrated an evening of listening. It was an opportune time to select the topic ‘ Begum Akhtar’, …

December 7, 2014

Begum Akhtar was a well-known Indian singer of Ghazal and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She is referred to, …

November 30, 2014

Begum Akhtar was a well-known Indian singer of Ghazal and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She is referred to, …

May 19, 2013

Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008) was an Indian poet and lyricist whose ghazals and some nazms were sung by Begum Akhtar and …

October 10, 2012

Here is the ghazal that was recited by Kaifi Azmi at a mushaira at the age of eleven, to prove …