Letter from India: An evening of ghazals

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Sunday, October 7, 2007

An evening of ghazals

Last evening I sat under the stars, listening to my favorite music. It was the centenary celebration of Begum Akhtar, one of the finest ghazal singers in India. She was born in the early 1900s and died in the mid 70s. Ghazals are musical renditions of shairi, or poetry. It is poetry devoted to love... Sign in to see full entry.

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