She broke into the male bastion of qawwali singing several years ago and continues to enthral music lovers. Singer-composer Nisa Azeezi, 54, is among the recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka ...

Composed by Kaushal Inamdar, the qawwali ‘Ae Sanam’ is a prime attraction of the upcoming film Ranga Patanga. Few months back, I had found this ghazal written by Ilahi Jamadar and after reading the ...

The annual four-day Urdu Heritage Festival returned to the Capital on Thursday, offering a plethora of cultural events, ghazal and qawwali performances as hundreds of people crowded the Central Park ...

For over 700 years, Qawwali music has entranced audiences throughout the world. Asia Society welcomes back the Riyaaz Qawwali ensemble as they apply this energetic musical form to ancient ghazal Urdu ...

Emerging musical talents Divyam Sodhi and Khwaab are gearing up to release Nit Khair, a heartfelt reinterpretation of the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s iconic ghazal. This track beautifully fuses ...

Qawwali is a musical form associated with the sama’, spiritual concert, of the Chishti Sufi Order. In its religious context it functions as a way to bring members of the order into a trance-like state ...

On a night of love and longing, where lonesome becomes a close friend, Ghazals provide you with companionship like no other. They hold a unique and cherished position in the realm of music, capable of ...

Mumbai: Zubair Azmi, director of Urdu Markaz, a literary and cultural organisation promoting Urdu language, calls Bhindi Bazaar “the cultural hub of erstwhile Bombay.” It is where the who’s who of ...