KARACHI: Vocal artist Talat Hashmi sang one of the poems of Amir Khusro, stunning the audience into a mesmerising silence during the session, ‘Chap Tilak: Amir Khusro’s harvest of songs’, on the first ...

At the heart of the Sufi mystical experience lies the Zikr or remembrance of God In its musical expression through the Qawwali, it has become synonymous with the name of Amir Khusro, whose musical ...

Pakistani pilgrims, accompanied by Charge d’affaires Aftab Hasan Khan, visited the shrine of Hazrat Amir Khusro (RA) in New Delhi on Thursday and laid the traditional chaddar on behalf of the ...

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.

At 72, the maker of Hindustani classical music lost interest in the world. Poet Amir Khusro, the 14th-century courtier to seven kings, was in mourning after the death of his spiritual mentor, Sufi ...

Today is the 718th Urs, or death anniversary, of the genius, fervent and playful poet Amir Khusro. In Sufism, a death anniversary is celebrated, not mourned, and the celebrations began last night in ...

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 ...

So we are back to medieval times and the medieval discourse whether music is halal (permissible) in Islam or is explicitly haram (forbidden). A deeply disturbing news item appeared in sections of the ...

New Delhi: The birthplaces of poets Amir Khusro and Tulsidas, situated in the Etah, Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, are "not protected monuments" under the ASI's jurisdiction and currently, ...

New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): The Charge d' Affaires of Pakistan to India, Saad Ahmad Warraich, laid the traditional chaddar on behalf of the Government and people of Pakistan at the shrine of ...

Unauthorised construction inside the historic Amir Khusro Park in south Delhi has been removed, Delhi high court was informed by authorities. It was hearing a plea by an NGO which had moved the court ...

Khusro's compositions are rooted in the theme of separation from the Beloved... Khusro's tryst with Love arose out of the special bond he shared with his preceptor Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and the ...