![]() ![]() ![]() Kejriwal, on the other hand, shifts the focus of her photo story and explores the musical tradition from the point of view of the women Qawwali performers.īesides the photo exhibition, the show also features a self-documentation initiative titled, “I am a Qawwal” as part of which the qawwali practitioners take their own selfie photos, or have friends take their photos and send them to the Qawwali Project for documentation. ![]() While Khanna takes the viewers on a pictorial journey of qawwali scenes from the important shrines of Delhi, Amritsar, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Ajmer Quraishi’s photo story is shot in the two prominent shrines of Dewa Sharif and Safipur in Uttar Pradesh. From the Magazine Roses Among Thorns: The Many Solidarities Of Diverse Protests Farm Law Repeal Has Given New Life To Idea Of Protest In India An ‘Untouchable’ Story: My Life As A Protest Wonder Women Leading Indians’ Battle How JP Movement Shaped Bihar And India’s PoliticsĪs one walks through the exhibition space, with a mellow qawwali tune playing in the backdrop, looking at images of unknown men and women engaged in an art form they love and which is perhaps their most cherished heirloom, makes the hair on your neck stand in the same way that an uninhibited qawwali performance does in a shrine.Ī group of qawwals rehearsing in a personal space, a devotee offering prayers with closed eyes as a qawwal performs next to her…a trio of musicians performing on the white marbles at the shrine of Salim Chisti, the photographs exude a sense of calm. ![]()
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