One of the singular characteristics of the scores of ghazals that Jagjit Singh sang in his illustrious career was the choice of poets picked up by him to sing their nazms. Each of his successful ...

The biggest names in ghazal are coming together for a concert this week. Ghalib se Gulzar a three-day festival will showcase stalwarts like Jagjit Singh, Pankaj Udhas, Bhupinder and Mitali Singh, Roop ...

A “very self-indulgent article… disappointing”, was the response from a reader to my tribute to Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh published in these columns. Well, I beg his pardon before embarking on ...

In an era, when Sonu Nigam was God for many young kids like me and Kumar Sanu was one of the most popular playback singers in Bollywood – a voice from Aamir Khan’s Sarfarosh captivated me. It was a ...

The larger than life image of the legendary ghazal king and Padma Bhushan awardee, Jagjit Singh, swelled in the minds of intrusive audience as a well-known singer and composer RD Kailey doled out ...

Jagjit Singh was an Indian ghazal singer, songwriter, and musician who was active in the Indian music industry until his death in 2011. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest ghazal singers of ...

February 8, 2021 marks the 80th birth anniversary of Ghazal maestro late Jagjit Singh. Born in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, Jagjit Singh revived and popularised Ghazals not just in India but also in the ...

MUMBAI — Indian singer Jagjit Singh died Oct. 10 in Mumbai, India, following a brain hemorrhage last month. He was 70. Singh’s crooning voice revitalized the dying art form of the ghazal — Urdu and ...

It was September 23, 2011. Jagjit Singh and Ghulam Ali were to perform together at Mumbai’s Shanmukhananda Hall. A few hours before the show, Jagjit suffered a stroke. He eventually passed away on ...