On the occasion of the maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s 23 rd death anniversary on August 16, Pakistan’s beloved songstress, Hadiqa Kiani shared how she had the honour of collaborating with him back in ...

Fateh Ali Khan Sr died in March 1964. Young Nusrat was a schoolboy then. At his death bed, Fateh Ali Khan Sr summoned his family. He asked them to chant the kalima. While the family was chanting, ...

In her Mumbai apartment late at night, Mansvi Saxena (20) plays Mehdi Hassan’s ghazal Mujhe Tum Nazar Se, a song her mother once played on repeat after losing her father. On a long bus ride, Saahil ...

The most popular expression of poetry in Urdu and Persian, the ghazal, is known as much as a poetic form as it is as a genre of music. The ghazal has roots in seventh century Arabia and gained ...