“There are certain things that must be done for the sake of history.” That was Manjari Chaturvedi’s motivation for curating the Qawwali Photo Project, an exhibition of photographs featuring the lives ...

Centuries after it was born in the Indian subcontinent, Qawwali is still having its moments, in a new avatar. We find out ...

From viral performances to mainstream recognition, Sagar Bhatia is quietly leading a new wave in Qawwali music.

Sarvjeet Tamta reflects on devotion, spontaneity and the enduring influence of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in shaping his journey with qawwali.

Have you ever wondered how qawwali transcended years of cultural appropriation and still finds relevance in mainstream art and cinema? In another session, founder of South Asian Alliance for ...

Qawwali has long been an art form that transcends borders and generations, drawing audiences into a trance-like state of rhythm and devotion. Think of yesteryear legends like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, ...

The Chishti order, the most prominent Sufi brotherhood in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, has long celebrated the normativity of qawwali as an expression of divine love. Annemarie Schimmel has noted ...

Rose petals, soulful sher-o-shayari, the sound of harmonium and rhythmic tabla beats set the mood for a memorable mehfil at a ...

Sufi music, or Qawwali, is often performed by one lead singer, two back-up singers, percussion with one’s hands or traditional Indian drums the dholak and tabla and the harmonium, a free-reed keyboard ...

Are newer incarnations of qawwali straying away from traditions of this revered musical form and, even if they are, does it matter? I only have qawwali to blame for my first and solitary act of ...