Chitra stopped singing and quit the limelight for a quieter life following the death of their son Vivek in 1990. But in an old interview, she said Jagjit Singh's music never really left her. "I ...

Ghazal in India has been synonymous with one mesmerizing singer, Jagjit Singh. Born on February 8, 1941, the king of Ghazals has made us lose ourselves with his melodies. Jagjit Singh was solely ...

Film fraternity organised Yadon Ka Safar, a musical night to honour late Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh on his 71st birth anniversary. It's a salutation to the genius of a vocalist who spelt magic with ...

This is complete bunk. And all those who have heard the captivating content in Sajda which to this day endures as a consummate masterpiece of Ghazal composition, and one of the finest albums in Lataji ...

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 ...

What Anup Jalota is to Bhajans, Jagjit Singh is to Ghazals. While he did sing classical, devotional and folk songs as well, he will always be remembered for his Ghazals and in fact Ghazal singing got ...

The crowning of Jagjit Singh as “Ghazal King” might have something to do with the late music composer Madan Mohan. When Jagjit Singh died on October 10, 2011, playback singer Lata Mangeshkar ...

Ghazal singer Chitra Singh, who is fighting a lone battle to get her husband and late ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh the Bharat Ratna, says he deserves the country’s highest civilian honour. “I think he ...

The story of Rajendra and Nina Mehta is the stuff of Valentine’s Day lore. In 1963, Rajendra met Nina at the All India Radio office in Mumbai. Her guru, Hafiz Ahmad Khan, had asked him to record a ...

On his 5th death anniversary, we remember the singer who gave ghazals a new identity with his soulful yet simple renditions In 2012, I was invited to be part of a Jagjit Singh tribute concert. In the ...

Ever since his death in 2011, the Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh's wife Chitra Singh has been fighting a lone battle to get her husband the recognition he deserves. "I think he deserves the Bharat Ratna, ...