At 68, the silver-haired folk singer Prahlad Tipaniya has a dedicated following among today’s urban youth. Performing at festivals across the country, he sings bhajans in Malwi folk style and plays ...

Verse, when transformed to the form of a hymn, gains considerable power to move the mind and touch the soul, says Prahlad Singh Tipanya, folk singer, who is regarded as among the foremost voices of ...

Kabir Das, the humble weaver of Varanasi, sits at the pinnacle of South Asian mystical poet philosophers. Not only are his bijak and dohe recited every day to illustrate the hidden and subtler truths ...

Vasu Dixit, the lead vocalist of Swarathma, performs a Kabir bhajan at the Mahindra Kabira Festival in Varanasi. He is accompanied by two other musicians from the Vasu Dixit Collective. The collective ...

The third edition of the festival showcased performances by spoken word artists, qawwali groups, singers of Kabir bhajans and Hindustani classical musicians The city of Amritsar, which is named after ...