This is what Qawwali teaches us. That love for God, oneself, one’s passions and others is rooted in the destruction of ...

The annual Ramadan Samaa Sufi Festival, which began on 15 August, will see its last performance tonight by a medley of international troupes For the past four years, the Samaa Sufi festival has been ...

The sound of qawwali, Sufi praise music of Pakistan, is big. Not just because of the voices — although Faiz Ali Faiz’s ensemble includes eight strong singers, especially himself. But qawwali is large ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Qawwali is the Sufi devotional music of India and Pakistan, ecstatic praise-songs traditionally offered ...

Nizami Bandhu from the Sikandra Gharana boasts of a 750-year-old legacy. Led by Ustad Chand Nizami with Shadab Faridi Nizami and Sohrab Faridi Nizami, the artisteswill perform at a fund raiser for the ...

Explore the best venues for live Sufi music and traditional qawwali in Delhi. Find top artists, mid-week sessions, and grand cultural events in the city.

Amarrass Records has announced upcoming live performances by its leading ensemble, Rehmat-e-Nusrat, one of India's most soulful Sufi groups. The ensemble will perform on Friday, November 28 at The ...

The Media Fest organized by School of Communication Studies, PU, began on a social note as documentaries based on pollution, slum life, special children etc, were screened. The contestants were ...

New Delhi, June 22: Iconic Qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was shot to death in Pakistan on Wednesday. The Sufi music icon, was one-half of the legendary band Sabri Brothers, which mesmerized the entire ...

Malini Nair is a Senior Editor with The Times of India in Delhi. It takes a sufi to go looking for trouble, irreverently turning his face away from the reigning gods, clerics and rituals. “Na toh ...