The words and verses of saints and poets from centuries ago resonate with newfound relevance as we navigate the Maximum City, and the threads of love and devotion are intertwined with anxieties, egos ...

Legend has it that when Sufi Saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia (1238-1325) died, his most devoted disciple Amir Khusro (1253-1325) mourned his spiritual master's death in a couplet which is part of ...

Music transcended words as the power of classical instruments took over. In the ongoing celebration of the Jashn-e-Khusro festival at Kuch Khaas (KK), an ensemble of tabla, pakhawaj and sitar players ...

KARACHI: I am struggling to remember having ever confronted a longer queue at the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) than the one that awaited me for the Jashn-i-Khusro mehfil this weekend.

Renowned young Sufi Qawwal Rais Anis Sabri has just unveiled his latest single, Jahan Kal Raat Ko Hum The — a hauntingly beautiful Urdu rendition of Hazrat Amir Khusro’s 13th-century Persian poem Nami ...