Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar 2024: Kashmir’s youngest Rabab maestro, 13-year-old Ishfaq Hamid, who received the award on January 22, 2024, says he wants to revive traditional music.
SRINAGAR FIL Industries (now called Konhinoor Group) founder Syed Iqbal Bukhari passed away on November 14, 2021. Father of Apni Party founder Altaf Bukhari, Iqbal had given up his government job in the revenue department and started his fungicide business and with the passage of time successfully.
Rhythm of change: The complex world of underground music in Kashmir
Kashmir’s independent music artists are following their bliss in the face of trying political and social pressures. Mar 13, 2021 · 11:30 am A file photo of the band Sign – The Signature of Music jamming in Srinagar in early 2010s, a time when Sufi rock and rap music were steadily gaining popularity in the Valley. | Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
Notwithstanding his fashionable bomber jacket, baseball cap, ear studs and tattoos, Rishab Chaku – who goes by the stage name Rishab Raino or just Raino – displayed none of the flamboyant cockiness associated with rap artists. He was taciturn when we met at a plush café in Raj Bagh, Srinagar. “I don’t enjoy parental support,” he said, sipping a cappuccino. “My relatives make snide remarks about me. But I am determined to pursue music as a profession.”
Briefing – February 21 – 27, 2021
Marathi singer Pranjali Newaskar who has recorded many Kashmiri songs
Marathi singer, Pranjali Newaskar has lent her voice to the popular Kashmiri prayer and lyrics by Mahjoor. So far, she has sung Sahibo and Haa Gulo. “I liked this concept of singers from two different states singing songs such as Shamima Akhtar in Marathi and I would sing in Kashmiri. This is a good medium to bring people from two different States together. It will contribute to national integration,” Newaskar was quoted saying. “First of all, I listened to the songs repeatedly and wrote them down in Devnagari. Then I recorded the songs in my voice and sent them to native Kashmiris in Pune to suggest corrections such as proper pronunciations. Later, I started learning the basics of the language. I understood the lyrics, words and their meanings, which not only helped me in singing but also to express the feelings and emotions behind them. It is a tough language