Author: Sunil Sharma
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 178074191X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book studies an important icon of medieval South Asian culture, Indian courtier, poet, musician and Sufi, Amir Khusraw (1253-1325), chiefly remembered for his poetry in Persian and Hindi, today an integral part of the performative qawwali tradition.
Amir Khusraw
Author: Sunil Sharma
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 178074191X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book studies an important icon of medieval South Asian culture, Indian courtier, poet, musician and Sufi, Amir Khusraw (1253-1325), chiefly remembered for his poetry in Persian and Hindi, today an integral part of the performative qawwali tradition.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 178074191X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This book studies an important icon of medieval South Asian culture, Indian courtier, poet, musician and Sufi, Amir Khusraw (1253-1325), chiefly remembered for his poetry in Persian and Hindi, today an integral part of the performative qawwali tradition.
Author:
Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN: 9326191133
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Publisher: Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN: 9326191133
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
In the Bazaar of Love
Author: Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0670082368
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0670082368
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual
Author: Shemeem Burney Abbas
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292784503
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mystical poetry, at Sufi shrines and in concerts, folk festivals, and domestic life, while male singers assume the female voice when singing the myths of heroines in qawwali and sufiana-kalam. Yet, despite the centrality of the female voice in Sufi practice throughout South Asia and the Middle East, it has received little scholarly attention and is largely unknown in the West. This book presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India. Shemeem Burney Abbas investigates the rituals at the Sufi shrines and looks at women's participation in them, as well as male performers' use of the female voice. The strengths of the book are her use of interviews with both prominent and grassroots female and male musicians and her transliteration of audio- and videotaped performances. Through them, she draws vital connections between oral culture and the written Sufi poetry that the musicians sing for their audiences. This research clarifies why the female voice is so important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292784503
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mystical poetry, at Sufi shrines and in concerts, folk festivals, and domestic life, while male singers assume the female voice when singing the myths of heroines in qawwali and sufiana-kalam. Yet, despite the centrality of the female voice in Sufi practice throughout South Asia and the Middle East, it has received little scholarly attention and is largely unknown in the West. This book presents the first in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India. Shemeem Burney Abbas investigates the rituals at the Sufi shrines and looks at women's participation in them, as well as male performers' use of the female voice. The strengths of the book are her use of interviews with both prominent and grassroots female and male musicians and her transliteration of audio- and videotaped performances. Through them, she draws vital connections between oral culture and the written Sufi poetry that the musicians sing for their audiences. This research clarifies why the female voice is so important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals.
New Milestones Social Science 7 (History, Geography, Social and Political Life)
Author: Gita Duggal, Joyita Chakrabarti, Mary George, Pooja Bhatia
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
ISBN: 9352713419
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Milestones series conforms to CBSE’s CCE scheme, strictly adhering to the NCERT syllabus. The text is crisp, easy to understand, interactive, informative and activity-based. The series motivates young minds to question, analyse, discuss and think logically.
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
ISBN: 9352713419
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Milestones series conforms to CBSE’s CCE scheme, strictly adhering to the NCERT syllabus. The text is crisp, easy to understand, interactive, informative and activity-based. The series motivates young minds to question, analyse, discuss and think logically.
Milestones Social Science – 7 (History, Geography, Social and Political Life)
Author: Gita Duggal, Joyita Chakrabarti, Mary George, Pooja Bhatia
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
ISBN: 9325982676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Milestones series conforms to CBSE’s CCE scheme, strictly adhering to the NCERT syllabus. The text is crisp, easy to understand, interactive, informative and activity-based. The series motivates young minds to question, analyse, discuss and think logically.
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
ISBN: 9325982676
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Milestones series conforms to CBSE’s CCE scheme, strictly adhering to the NCERT syllabus. The text is crisp, easy to understand, interactive, informative and activity-based. The series motivates young minds to question, analyse, discuss and think logically.
Enlightened Musicians
Author: John Noyce
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326180592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A biographical historical dictionary of enlightened musicians from Europe and India.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326180592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
A biographical historical dictionary of enlightened musicians from Europe and India.
Languages and Literary Cultures in Hyderabad
Author: Kousar J Azam
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351393995
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
There is great interest in recent scholarship in the study of metropolitan cultures in India as evident from the number of books that have appeared on cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Though Hyderabad has a rich archive of history scattered in many languages, very few attempts have been made to bring this scholarship together. The papers in this volume bring together this scholarship at one place. They trace the contribution of different languages and literary cultures to the multicultural mosaic that is the city of Hyderabad How it has acquired this uniqueness and how it has been sustained is the subject matter of literary cultures in Hyderabad. This work attempts to trace some aspects of the history of major languages practiced in the city. It also reviews the contribution of the various linguistic groups that have added to the development not just of varied literary cultures, but also to the evolution of an inclusive Hyderabadi culture. The present volume, it is hoped, will enthuse both younger and senior scholars and students to take a fresh look at the study of languages and literary cultures as they have evolved in India's cities and add to the growing scholarship of metropolitan cultures in India.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351393995
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
There is great interest in recent scholarship in the study of metropolitan cultures in India as evident from the number of books that have appeared on cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Though Hyderabad has a rich archive of history scattered in many languages, very few attempts have been made to bring this scholarship together. The papers in this volume bring together this scholarship at one place. They trace the contribution of different languages and literary cultures to the multicultural mosaic that is the city of Hyderabad How it has acquired this uniqueness and how it has been sustained is the subject matter of literary cultures in Hyderabad. This work attempts to trace some aspects of the history of major languages practiced in the city. It also reviews the contribution of the various linguistic groups that have added to the development not just of varied literary cultures, but also to the evolution of an inclusive Hyderabadi culture. The present volume, it is hoped, will enthuse both younger and senior scholars and students to take a fresh look at the study of languages and literary cultures as they have evolved in India's cities and add to the growing scholarship of metropolitan cultures in India.
Islamic Tolerance
Author: Alyssa Gabbay
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135230250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This book examines the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia. It explores developments through the work of the historian and poet Amir Khusraw and seeks to show that Islam developed its own culture of tolerance rather than just import it from outside.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135230250
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This book examines the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia. It explores developments through the work of the historian and poet Amir Khusraw and seeks to show that Islam developed its own culture of tolerance rather than just import it from outside.
A Treasury of Indian Wisdom
Author: Karan Singh
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184753039
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Ancient and contemporary lessons for a spiritual awakening Tracing the metaphysical literary heritage of the Indian Subcontinent, A Treasury of Indian Wisdom brings us a wealth of enlightenment from the last 5000 years of Indian teachings. Beginning with the Vedic hymns, the anthology leads us into the heart of Vedantic philosophy through the Upanishads, further exploring the fundamental truths offered by Buddhist and Jain monks. Presenting the beauty and devotion in the verses of the Bhakti, Sufi and Sikh gurus as well, it culminates with contemporary ideologies of modern teachers like Sri Aurobindo, Jawaharlal Nehru and Osho. Dr Karan Singh’s selection draws from the wide-ranging wisdom of saints and scholars, thinkers and reformers, poets and leaders, and comes as an inspiration for a generation seeking its place in the world.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184753039
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Ancient and contemporary lessons for a spiritual awakening Tracing the metaphysical literary heritage of the Indian Subcontinent, A Treasury of Indian Wisdom brings us a wealth of enlightenment from the last 5000 years of Indian teachings. Beginning with the Vedic hymns, the anthology leads us into the heart of Vedantic philosophy through the Upanishads, further exploring the fundamental truths offered by Buddhist and Jain monks. Presenting the beauty and devotion in the verses of the Bhakti, Sufi and Sikh gurus as well, it culminates with contemporary ideologies of modern teachers like Sri Aurobindo, Jawaharlal Nehru and Osho. Dr Karan Singh’s selection draws from the wide-ranging wisdom of saints and scholars, thinkers and reformers, poets and leaders, and comes as an inspiration for a generation seeking its place in the world.