Romance of the Ghazal

Gyaan Adab romances the charm of Urdu through an evening of ghazals with the captivating voice of Jawad Askari.

Though today, people barely listen to the ghazals of Meer, Jigar or Iqbal, the ghazal as a form is still well loved. Thanks to the late Jagjit Singh who insisted that poets wrote simplified ghazals so that they could be understood and appreciated by everyone, this romantic form got a new lease of life. The celebrated Jawad Askari continues the tradition and reaches out to one and all with his renditions of ghazals.

About the performer

Born and brought up in Mumbai, Jawad Askari hails from an Iranian family. He found his calling in Urdu literature and has never stopped enjoying the language in every way possible.  It lured him towardsmusic as well and he learnt the art of creating and maintaining ‘sur’. His guru was Ustaad Taj Ahmed Khan, renowned mostly amongst the top class classical singers of India. He has also learnt the art of Persian and Urdu calligraphy and has served 14 years in Hong Kong in different legal government sectors as an Urdu-Persian-Hindi-English (Supreme Court) registered court interpreter.

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