Songs for the Saints

Sufi Kathak Foundation in collaboration with Indian Council of Cultural Relations and Routes2Roots present this day-long event,which will feature multiple programmes on the art form. There will be a panel discussion on marginal qawwali musicians,the origins of qawwali and its present state in India. The panelists include dhrupad singer Wasifuddin Dagar,singer and songwriter Madan Gopal,musician Dhruv Sangari and Delhi University professor Najma Parveen. The event will also feature discussions with and performances by Wajahat Hussain Badayuni,grand nephew of the illustrious Zafar Hussain Badayuni,and Rizwan and Muazzam,nephews of Khan. Two documentaries on the lives of qawwals will also be screened.

This is information that you will not find on the internet. There is no denying the power of qawwali the inherent style of which took so many to the path of spirituality. But there is a parallel version of it,this noir style used around,which is a little disturbing and dilutes the whole form. The effort is to talk about qawwali and create awareness so that the beauty of the genre is not lost because of ignorance, says Chaturvedi.

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