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In the 19th century ghazals gained popularity in Germany with Goethe's translations, as well as with Spanish ghazal writers such as Federico García Lorca. Despite often being written in strong Urdu and rendered with classical Indian Ragas along with complex terminology most usually accessible to the upper classes, in South Asia ghazals are ...
Suresh Bhat 1932–2003), known as Ghazal Samrat (Emperor of ghazals) for his exposition of that form; Namdeo Dhasal (born 1949), poet, writer, journalist, editor and Dalit activist; Manohar Oak (born 1933), poet and novelist; Arun Kolatkar (born 1931 or 1932), poet who wrote both in Marathi and English; also a graphic designer
On being asked about the future of ghazal singers, he said he enjoyed popular ghazal singer Adithya Srinivasan's ghazals, who performed the opening act at his concert in 2012 at Bangalore. [9] Recently, in February 2013, the maestro became the first person to receive the Bade Ghulam Ali Khan award.
Anup Jalota, (born 29 July 1953) is an Indian singer, musician and actor, best known for his contributions to the bhajan and ghazal genre of Indian music. He is popularly known as the Bhajan Samraat (transl. "Emperor of Bhajan"). [2] The Padma Shri was awarded to him by the Government of India in 2012.
The ghazal tradition of Urdu poetry was the basis for early Bollywood music, ever since the first Indian talkie film, Alam Ara (1931). In turn, filmi ghazals had roots in earlier Urdu Parsi theatre during the 19th to early 20th centuries. The ghazal was the dominant style of Indian film music since the 1930s up until the 1960s. By the 1980s ...
New collections by poets Sarah Ghazal Ali, Carolyn Hembree and Michael Ondaatje deserve — and reward — close reading.
The recurring theme of elusive love is often explored in ghazals such as "Wo tou khushbu hai" (He is fragrance), where the poet describes the essence of love as fleeting and intangible, like a scent. For example, in "Khushbu bhi us k tarz-e-pazeerai per gai" (Fragrance also goes by his style of welcome), the poet suggests that even fragrance is ...
Ganga Prasad Vimal was born in 1939 in Uttarkashi, a Himalayan town in Uttarakhand state. In most of his writings, he has shown his concern towards saving the Himalayas and nearby regions and preserving trees.