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Indias cricket god Dhoni and our crazed god squad
by Praveen Swami
May 07, 2013

this rising tide of madness is dangerous: scientist Richard Dawkins is being hounded by New Left trendies for daring to suggest that that the journalist Mehdi #
Jagjit Singh: When the Indian ghazal lost its king!
Feb 08, 2013

-established names like Noor Jehan, Malika Pukhraj, Begum Akhtar, Talat Mahmood and Mehdi Hassan.The voice behind the timeless ghazals was inspired by singe08rs like K #InMemoriam # Jagjit Singh # Ghazal # Ghulam Ali # Amir Khan # Ghulam Ali Khan
Saadat Hasan Manto posthumously gets highest Pak honour
Aug 14, 2012

.Along with Manto, renowned singer Mehdi Hassan too was posthumously honoured with the Nishan-i-Imtiaz.Hassan, popularly known as the 'Shahenshah-e-Ghazal', died #NewsTracker # Mehdi Hasan # Saadat Hasan Manto # Nishan-i-Imtiaz
A wife speaks: My husband, Vishal Bhardwaj
by Sathya Saran
Jun 22, 2012

listening to the ghazals of Mehdi Hassan.And you, on the other hand were a student of classical music. How did that work for him?I had the training #Gulzar # InHerEyes # Mehdi Hassan # Vishal Bharadwaj # Maqbool # Rekha Bhardwaj # Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola
Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu visit Mehdi Hassan's grave in Karachi
Jun 17, 2012

Bollywood singers Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu visited the grave of Pakistani ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan here to pay their respects.Mehdi Hassan #NewsTracker # Mehdi Hassan # Kumar Sanu # Alka Yagnik
To Life: Books that tell a story of another world
Jun 16, 2012

-can, the first-ever concert of Mehdi Hassan in India and the streets of Tehran during the days of the Shah.The world has thirty-four new countries since the books #Inpraiseof # Baghdad: # Life Magazine
Era of soulful ghazal singing ended with Mehdi: Amitabh Bachchan
Jun 14, 2012

Mumbai: With the death of legendary singer Mehdi Hassan an era of soulful ghazal singing has come to an end, says megastar Amitabh Bachchan #Amitabh Bachchan # Mehdi Hassan # Hilal-i-Imtiaz # legendary singer
Mamata Banerjee condoles Mehdi Hassan's death
Jun 13, 2012

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed deep anguish at the death of legendary Pakistani singer Mehdi Hassan, who died #Mamata Banerjee # Ghazal # West Bengal Chief Minister # Mehdi Hassan # lengedary ghazal singer # Emperor
Mehdi Hassan was outstanding: Lata Mangeshkar
Jun 13, 2012

Mumbai: India's nightingale Lata Mangeshkar, who made a rare collaboration with Mehdi Hassan for a song in an album, remembered the Pakistani ghazal #Lata Mangeshkar # Ghazal # Ghulam Ali # Mehdi Hassan
Twitter pays tribute to Mehdi Hassan
by FP Staff
Jun 13, 2012

Mehdi Hassan, the India-born Pakistani ghazal maestro, passed away at a Karachi hospital Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 84.His son Arif #TweetFeed # Ghazal # Mehdi Hassan # Karachi hospital

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