Begum Akhtar’s Couplet
Wo aa rahen hai jo biimaar kii dawaa ke liye Khamosh baithe hain sab chaaraagar duaa ke liye Translation: (he …
Wo aa rahen hai jo biimaar kii dawaa ke liye Khamosh baithe hain sab chaaraagar duaa ke liye Translation: (he …
Here is a beautiful ghazal penned by Urdu poet and lyricist Shakeel Badayuni, who celebrates his birth centenary this year …
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, …
Writer Preksha Malu from DNA has written an interesting article which covers how Urdu is slowly making a come back …
At mehfil we celebrated an evening of listening. It was an opportune time to select the topic ‘ Begum Akhtar’, …
Begum Akhtar was a well-known Indian singer of Ghazal and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She is referred to, …
Begum Akhtar was a well-known Indian singer of Ghazal and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She is referred to, …
Sudarshan Faakir (1934–2008) was an Indian poet and lyricist whose ghazals and some nazms were sung by Begum Akhtar and …
Here is the ghazal that was recited by Kaifi Azmi at a mushaira at the age of eleven, to prove …