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…
From a thriving customer base in the US and Europe, Kashmir’s last indigenous musical instruments maker, Ghulam Muhammad Zaz, is…
Shams Irfan Encouraged by the success of Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir, a musical/cultural event originally launched to counter Zubin Mehta’s concert…
As Germans flew Zubin Mehta to Shalimar, it triggered a counter-concert in the heart of the city that authorities reluctantly…
When everything in Kashmir virtually came to a halt with the outbreak of militancy in 1989, Mohammad Amin Lala, a…