Baat karni mujhe mushkil kabhi- Ananyaa Gaur

Gustakhi maaf, attempting this iconic Ghazal by Mehdi Hassan Saab. Sarangi: Shahnawaz Khan Tabla: Monis Zameer Vocals: Ananyaa Gaur at Mathur Haveli, New Delhi, February 2022 The twentieth and last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II  (1775-1862) was an accomplished poet, whose Takhallus was 'Zafar'- The Victorious. The poet-king held grand gatherings of Urdu Poetry in the walled city of Shahjahanabad. The leading literary lights of the day- including Daagh Dehlvi, Mirza Ghalib, Momin Khan Momin, and Mohammed Ibrahim Zauq (who was Zafar's mentor) were regular attendees- their poetry lighting up the evenings of 19th century Delhi... #baatkarnimujhe #baithak #musicofsouthasia #bahadurshahzafar #finestghazalsofmehdihasan #ananyaagaur #ghazal #mehdihassan