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qawwali
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
Priyali Prakash
· Nov 26, 2021 · 11:30 am
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
Haroon Khalid
· Feb 19, 2019 · 08:00 am
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
Hammad Khan
· Jun 07, 2018 · 01:30 pm
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
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
Scroll Staff
· Apr 12, 2017 · 01:02 pm
