The author is a culture critic based in Lahore
Singers from all over the Punjab participate in talent-hunt competitions at Alhamra
Khurshid Anwar was keen to throw open the world of quality music to a far wider audience through radio
The traditional forms of music like kheyalwere always at risk since the creation of Pakistan.
Two Pakistanis, Zarsanga and Sain Zahoor, win Aga Khan Music Awards
Mian Mir was a sufi adept in the highest tradition of diversity and tolerance
Munir Husain whose numbers became popular in the film Saat Laakh was closely related to Rashid Attre
Week-long cultural activities mark 55 years of Pakistan-Mauritius ties
Ustad Amanat Ali Khan’s life was cut short in its prime after a long struggle with depression
Somalis love poetry to distraction and the poet Warsame was loved, revered and worshipped.
Sain Zahoor is famous for playing the eiktara that provides the melodic parallel to his vocalisation
She belonged to the old school, if one may dare say, when melodiousness was the only real benchmark for a vocalist.
Some may argue that Nusrat Fateh Ali was not the first to have engaged heavily with the contemporary sonic culture.
Even after a traumatic defeat, Pakistani cultural activities quickly bounced back during the Bhutto era.
Does a new culture emerge automatically with a nation state?
It is good that after the barrenness of the Covid years, cultural activity is resuming with full force. There might be resistance to that in some...
A debate begins on Heer as the urs of Waris Shah approaches
We have lost the ability to argue logically and in a sustained manner and the constant referral to a text or the act of a personage is meant to puta...
Peter Brook, who died last week, was considered one of the greatest directors in the post-war era
Lahore had a number of venues where musical soirees could be held
The tables have turned. Now the political is of significance; the rest is seen as of lesser importance when it comes to art and the alignment of the...
