All I can say is that, when I sing Sufiana kalaam, I forget my gender. I sing from my soul, from a space where labels and classifications cease to matter. The power of this poetry lies in pushing ...

Would you comment on the relation between poetry and politics in Kashmir? Right from the beginning of our history, Sufiana poetry has been a major part of our social and political life.

The ‘Jashn-e-Khusro’ beginning here on December 28 promises to provide the best of the ‘Sufiana kalam’ (mystical poetry) of Hazrat Ameer Khusro. The medieval poet-musician was a disciple ...

The music and poetry she grew up with have not left her still. She is an artist who paints the soul cries of Ghalib, the sweet cadences of Khusrau, the purity of Sufiana poetry and the world of ...