5.0 What are Ghazals? Can one discuss them on RMIM?
There are some Urdu newsgroups, like alt.language.urdu.poetry, in
which one can disuss Ghazals, but since they do not have as wide a
reach as RMIM, one can discuss Ghazals on RMIM. Ghalib ghazals and
ghazals by Jagjit Singh have been discussed on RMIM before on RMIM.
5.1 What are Ghazals?
Classical Definition of Ghazal: Ghazal in short, is a collection of
Sher's which follow the rules of 'Matla', 'Maqta', 'Beher', 'Kaafiyaa'
and 'Radif'. So to know what Ghazal is, it's necessary to know what
these terms mean. Ghazal is necessarily a collection of two-line-poems
called Sher.
[For an article posted by Abhay Avachat on Ghazals see article 20 of
the Article archives .
5.2 Were Ghalib's ghazals ever discussed on RMIM?
Yes, a set of ghazals of Ghalib was compiled by Mr. P.N.Prakash. These
were posted on RMIM by Waheed (hwhfac@umiami.ir.miami.edu). Here is an
excerpt (from the original posting by Waheed) written by P.N.Prakash.
Dear Friends,
Here is a compilation of about 35 famous ghazals of Ghalib,
along with the meanings of difficult urdu words. I have also
included a short version of Ghalib's life story, provided to
me by Rajiv Chakravarti of University of Texas. I would like
to thank Rajiv for his suggestions and comments during the
transliteration of the ghazals.
-Prakash
P.N.Prakash [old] e-mail : Prakash@anlphy.phy.anl.gov
5.3 Where can I get Ghalib ghazals?
These are currently available at the site Navin's (navin@cs.wisc.edu)
Ghalib
Ghazals site.
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