SOURCE: Ali Sethi Facebook page (https://bit.ly/3gaIzYV)
Ali Sethi: more than meets the eye
Sethi is reconciling Pakistan with its checkered past and contextualising its mysterious future
During my recent trip to Pakistan, a good friend of mine introduced to me a song that has since become our go-to jam - I’m talking about the Coke Studio rendition of
by Ali Sethi and Quratulain Balouch. While Quratulain’s forceful voice captivated my senses, it was Ali Sethi’s crooning that had me floored. Since then
, Mundiya became my gateway drug into Ali Sethi, a name I had heard in passing for the last couple of years, (I remember seeing his concert posters on the Harvard campus when I lived in Boston) and I was introduced to the rich tapestry of his songs including