An uncle and a nephew could be the last makers of Sarangi and Swarnai, the two key musical instruments of…
Five young girls picked up the art of playing intricate musical instruments with a serious bid to revive Kashmir’s fading…
A post graduate in environmental science recorded a Kashmiri song. Watching it emerge as a smash hit on the web,…
A faith healers son, Kabul Bukhari did his primary schooling in Karnah and then in Srinagar. He finally flew to…
Ahmad Najeeb meets a Sopore boy who raps for the social cause and has vowed not to make money from…
Two years after his affluent parents sent him to Jammu for better education, they got the surprise that their son…
As strife created gulf for expression for pain and despair, the feeble movement of turmoil art took over. Soon the…
Fighting a protracted battle at home to choose music as a career, Iqbal Shah finally started making and playing the…
Despite a difficult childhood and lifelong disability Riyaz A Wani established himself as a professional singer. But then everything seemed…
No recognition, no respect, not enough money to feed his family, still Noor Mohammad Shah sings to keep the art…
He refused to be just another skilled labourer working his eyesight out in penury in Srinagar’s downtown. His calling was…
In school, he was celebrated for his singing abilities. Later as vocal passion pitched up, Mir Saqib secured several singing…
For over three decades Nisar Ahmad Dar enthralled audiences with western musical in one of radio Kashmir’s most loved programme.…
The down spiral of Kashmir’s centuries old folk art Bhaand-e-Paether is often attributed to the turmoil in Kashmir; however, the…
Born with an inability to see things did not make Wali Muhammad Hajam, a destitute. Instead, he enthrals and mesmerises…
