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 ...

The oldest Gujarati ghazal poet Subedar Mahmoodmiya Mohammad Imam, popularly known as Asim Randeri, died of old age in Rander area of the city. SURAT: The oldest Gujarati ghazal poet Subedar ...

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' ...

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 ...

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 ...