Har cheez ko apni asl ki tarf lautna hai.’
Everything will always return to its source.
A sacred reminder from the Saami Brothers as they speak about why Qawwali has endured and flourished since Amir Khusrau trained the Qawwal Bachay – from whom the brothers are descended – as the first proponents of the genre in 13th century Delhi. “We may wander for long periods”, they said in a 2015 interview, “or become distracted, but when we hear…
We went to see the eclectic ‘Empire of the Sikhs’ exhibition at the Brunei Gallery last week – which tells the story of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh, his reign, his army, his family and court, and how the Sikh Empire nearly ended British rule.
Once past the giant howitzer which marks the beginning of the exhibition, there are the lovely drawing and painting marking the transformation of Sikhs from ‘sparrows to hawks’, followed straight after by a brilliant wall where the…
Gifted, enigmatic, inspired – Pakistani artist Waqas Khan’s unique abstract geometric drawings form part of important museum and private collections across the globe.His latest work is on display at the Manchester Gallery as part of a collaboration with artists in the UK, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to mark the 70th anniversary of independence.
His work is composed of tiny, delicate dots, lines, and circles – drawn on wasli paper – that expand and transform into magnificent organic, networked shapes. Each line, each dot is unique –…
