Delhi, long a hub for the Sufi movement and home to figures like Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and Amir Khusrau, hosts the first ...

Born Parsi, Sufi of heart and Christian in suffering, Buddhist in his detachment, and Hindu in his sensuality, Hoshang Merchant’s life and poetry weave together ...

On the evening of February 10 the curtain fell for the last time on a performance that, over the preceding days, had cast an ...

By Mehleen Syed The story of women in Sufism is like a hidden tapestry—its threads often overlooked, yet essential to the fabric of Islamic mysticism. While Sufism has long celebrated divine ...

Arundhathi Subramaniam's "Wild Women" explores sacred Indian poetry by and for women, offering a diverse and inspirational anthology.

BENGAL, a land shaped by rivers, monsoons, and the relentless rhythm of nature, is home to a unique cultural phenomenon. Here ...

Mumbaikars, who enjoy music genres like ghazals, sufi, folk, Indian classical and instrumental, are now connecting through ...

With over 200 million Muslims, India is home to one of the world’s largest Islamic populations. More importantly, it is a ...

The young star, who made her Bollywood debut in Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies, was left teary-eyed as she accepted the ...

While her poems contain echoes of the ritual or mythological, intense self-reflection is their core. Focusing on the fault lines and fractures between one culture and another, her rich verse on such ...