Jhulay Lal's cradle of tolerance
The early life of Music Director O.P. Nayyar
Missing Samundri in Bollywood
One day in 1986, I had gone to rent video-films from the Bhatti Brothers in our locality of Sollentuna, a suburb of northern Greater Stockholm. There I glanced through the latest number of Stardust in which an interview with legendary , .. ...The meaning of Sehwan
Sehwan, a dusty little town in Sindh, has been a source of inspiration and cultural dialogue for centuries. The shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1178 – 1274 A.D.) is a reminder of many things – Pakistan’s pluralistic heritage, the lived faith for. ....Language whims
How a gurudwara in Nankana Sahib
The first edition of Saiful Malook
The first edition of “Saiful Malook” reprinted after 150 years Saiful Malook is the most famous and the best piece of versified work in the Punjabi language written by well-known Sufi poet Hazrat Mian Muhammad Bakhsh (1830-1907)....Girls help preserve Kashmir's Sufi music traditions
When Kashmiri teenager Shabnam Bashir first took up classical Sufi music three years ago, she had to practise singing in secret because all the men in her Muslim family opposed her new passion. ...
RELEASE OF “AMR PREET” – A FILM
Lok Virsa Festival pays tributes to local legends
National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage Lok Virsa on Tuesday paid rich tribute to the legendary folk artists of the country by inviting the next generation to perform songs and play various music..y...