I was introduced to Ghazals by my elder brother when he brought a cassette of Pankaj Udhas. As I tried to understand the deeper meaning in the ghazals, I realized that a passion for ghazals was growing in me. Then I listened to Hariharan and Jagjith Singh. Those melodious tunes were sometimes like a haunting music, sometimes like a soothing breeze, but more than anything, it could stir the feeling inside me. Then I listened to the real maestro in Ghazals.. Ghulam Ali. His  voice though sounds rough, will go straight into your heart. You need to listen to his voice, to experience it.

 

In this section I have mentioned some web links to Urdu Poetry (Origin of Ghazals) and many links to the famous Ghazal singers. Hope you would find them useful

 

http://www.urdupoetry.com/    Introduction to Urdu Poetry

 

http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org/en/qg.htm    Intro about Ghazals and Qawwali

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal    Introduction to Ghazals

 

http://www.msci.memphis.edu/~ramamurt/ghazal.html    Introduction to Ghazals

 

 

GHULAM ALI

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Ali     Biography of Ghulam Ali

 

http://www.ptv.com.pk/webptv/hit-songs-ghazals3.asp     Listen to Ghulam Ali's Ghazals

 

 

PANKAJ UDHAS

 

http://www.bollyvista.com/homepages/pankajudhas/article4.php  Bioigraphy and other information

 

 

TALAT AZIZ

 

http://www.talataziz.com/singer.htm  Biography and other information

 

 

JAGJITH SINGH

 

http://jagjitsinghonline.tripod.com/    Biography and other information

 

http://www.jagjitsingh.1cis.com/index.htm  Biography and other information

 

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/indexes/singer/jagjit_singh.html   Lyrics of Jagjith Singh's songs

 

 

HARIHARAN

 

http://www.musicalnirvana.com/ghazal/hariharan.html      Biography

 

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/3458/lyraud.html  Lyrics

 

http://www.hindilyrix.com/singers/singer-hariharan.html   Lyrics