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TopicQawwali

Topic: Qawwali

80 years of qawwali in Bombay cinema — one man is archiving Hindi music’s crown jewel

Tina Das -
Archivist Yousuf Saeed says that even hardcore movie buffs may only be able to name 10 qawwalis. The Cinema Qawwali Archive lists over 700 songs.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was Singing Buddha in Japan, Pavarotti in Paris, Islam spirit in London

Unnati Sharma -
Even Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s father wanted him to be a doctor, engineer. He chose Qawwals.

A Kumaoni Dalit is singing Qawwali in Delhi, won’t let folk music trap him in his caste now

+TFP Unnati Sharma -
Folk music just wasn’t cutting it anymore for Sarvjeet Tamta, a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan fan who left home 10 years ago at the age of 16. He hasn't looked back since.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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