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

Manjari Chaturvedi, curator of the exhibition, speaks to Scroll.in about the need to document the history of the art form.

Priyali Prakash

· Nov 26, 2021 · 11:30 am

On his 250th birth anniversary, remembering Beethoven the astute businessman

The musical genius also had a flair for commerce, it turns out.

Luis Dias

· Dec 16, 2020 · 11:30 am

The long-ignored connection between Hindustani classical khyal and qawwali

Tracing the history of the khyal presents an opportunity to broaden our understanding of identity beyond religion and borders.

Wajiha Ather Naqvi, Dawn.com

· Aug 08, 2019 · 11:30 am

Champion or copycat? Elvis Presley’s ambiguous relationship with black America

Forty years after his death, how can we reconcile the contradictory black responses to the King of Rock?

Brian Ward, The Conversation

· Aug 16, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Habib Painter: The billboard painter who became a famous qawaali singer

His singing earned him the title of ‘Bulbul-E-Hind’ from Jawaharlal Nehru.

Manish Gaekwad

· May 24, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Have you heard the longest qawaali ever sung?

In the first of our new series, meet Aziz Mian, who clocked his performance at 115 minutes.

Manish Gaekwad

· May 12, 2016 · 10:00 am

The proposed biopic on Nazia and Zoheb Hassan needs to have these songs

Among their most popular hits are ‘Aap Jaisa Koi Mere Zindagi Mein Aaye’, ‘Boom Boom’ and ‘Disco Deewane’.

Manish Gaekwad

· Mar 20, 2016 · 03:58 pm

How I got George Harrison all peeved in Calcutta in 1976

A brief encounter with the third Beatle.

C Y Gopinath

· Jan 02, 2016 · 04:30 pm