The stress on trying out something new can result in the loss of centre that is supposed to put everything in some order Needless to say, Mehdi Hassan excelled in singing the ghazal and he probably ...

The most popular expression of poetry in Urdu and Persian, the ghazal, is known as much as a poetic form as it is as a genre of music. The ghazal has roots in seventh century Arabia and gained ...

With its vast array of staccato and sustained tones, the sitar is a string section in itself, which may explain why duets between a sitar and another stringed instrument are relatively rare.

KOCHI: Kozhikode’s love for ghazals runs quite deep. Musician M S Baburaj, popularly known as Babukka, feels this in his blood too. He heralded the Ghazal wave by introducing the genre to Malayalam ...