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Qawwali

  • Seven centuries on, Delhi is still resounding with the legacy of Amir Khusrau

    Seven centuries on, Delhi is still resounding with the legacy of Amir Khusrau

    Malini Nair
    · Feb 26, 2025 · 11:30 am
  • ‘Qawwali can teach us the lesson of unity’: A photo exhibition goes beyond the music

    ‘Qawwali can teach us the lesson of unity’: A photo exhibition goes beyond the music

    Priyali Prakash
    · Nov 26, 2021 · 11:30 am
  • UP: Kathak dancer claims qawwali performance was stopped midway, state government denies charges

    UP: Kathak dancer claims qawwali performance was stopped midway, state government denies charges

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 18, 2020 · 01:44 pm
  • How the Chishti Sufi order indigenised Islam in South Asia by reinterpreting Hindu traditions

    How the Chishti Sufi order indigenised Islam in South Asia by reinterpreting Hindu traditions

    Haroon Khalid
    · Feb 19, 2019 · 08:00 am
  • Much more than qawwali: Revisiting Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the film soundtrack composer

    Much more than qawwali: Revisiting Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the film soundtrack composer

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Oct 13, 2018 · 09:15 am
  • Pakistan’s attempts to secularise qawwali are unnecessary – it has always been pluralistic

    Pakistan’s attempts to secularise qawwali are unnecessary – it has always been pluralistic

    Hammad Khan
    · Jun 07, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • Explore the Kaharvaa taal through the qawwalis of Jaffar Hussain Badayuni and  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Explore the Kaharvaa taal through the qawwalis of Jaffar Hussain Badayuni and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Aneesh Pradhan
    · Mar 17, 2018 · 06:00 am
  • Watch: Christmas is over, but this qawwali remix of ‘Jingle Bells’ lives on

    Watch: Christmas is over, but this qawwali remix of ‘Jingle Bells’ lives on

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 27, 2017 · 10:00 am
  • ‘Feels like we are being watched’: Late qawwali singer Amjad Sabri’s family wants to leave Pakistan

    ‘Feels like we are being watched’: Late qawwali singer Amjad Sabri’s family wants to leave Pakistan

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 12, 2017 · 01:02 pm