Sufi music can bring peace to sub-continent: Muzaffar Ali
Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, September 30, 2005
Versatile filmmaker and painter Muzaffar Ali says that Sufi music can bridge differences between India and Pakistan and bring peace to the sub-continent.
"I am in constant touch with Pakistani Sufi artistes and eagerly looking forward to go to their country in the near future. I believe it's the artistes who can bridge the divide and bring much needed peace to the sub-continent," he said.
Ali says that his soul lies in Sufism and Amir Khusrau, the great poet and saint of the 14th century.
"He (Khusrau) was a harbinger of sublime peace and India needs another Khusrau to heal the wounds of the world.
"His multi-cultural and pluralistic identity is a unique gift to human civilisation. His poetry has its own charm and this has an out-of-the-world effect on people," says Ali, who was driven to this field after a Sufi asked him to follow his heart more than a decade ago in London.
Currently, Ali is translating some of Khusrau's works into English.
"Since his Parsi works were a great source of learning, I have been trying to translate them to English. Very soon I am going to release a music album on Sufi music in English."
Titled "Kaz-Kula", the album will have a number of famous Sufi numbers.
Ali, essentially a painter and filmmaker deeply inspired by Sufism, has developed a discerning eye and vision for aesthetics and humanity. His creative pursuits - film, music, fashion and painting - have given Ali what he calls "a vision of life and society".
A dreamer of love, peace and oneness, he says: "Humility in art can become a vehicle for holistic emancipation of mankind and here Khusrau's compositions would be of great help."
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Sufi music can bring peace to sub-continent: Muzaffar Ali
Sufi music can bring peace to sub-continent: Muzaffar Ali
Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, September 30, 2005
Versatile filmmaker and painter Muzaffar Ali says that Sufi music can bridge differences between India and Pakistan and bring peace to the sub-continent.
"I am in constant touch with Pakistani Sufi artistes and eagerly looking forward to go to their country in the near future. I believe it's the artistes who can bridge the divide and bring much needed peace to the sub-continent," he said.
Ali says that his soul lies in Sufism and Amir Khusrau, the great poet and saint of the 14th century.
"He (Khusrau) was a harbinger of sublime peace and India needs another Khusrau to heal the wounds of the world.
"His multi-cultural and pluralistic identity is a unique gift to human civilisation. His poetry has its own charm and this has an out-of-the-world effect on people," says Ali, who was driven to this field after a Sufi asked him to follow his heart more than a decade ago in London.
Currently, Ali is translating some of Khusrau's works into English.
"Since his Parsi works were a great source of learning, I have been trying to translate them to English. Very soon I am going to release a music album on Sufi music in English."
Titled "Kaz-Kula", the album will have a number of famous Sufi numbers.
Ali, essentially a painter and filmmaker deeply inspired by Sufism, has developed a discerning eye and vision for aesthetics and humanity. His creative pursuits - film, music, fashion and painting - have given Ali what he calls "a vision of life and society".
A dreamer of love, peace and oneness, he says: "Humility in art can become a vehicle for holistic emancipation of mankind and here Khusrau's compositions would be of great help."
Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, September 30, 2005
Versatile filmmaker and painter Muzaffar Ali says that Sufi music can bridge differences between India and Pakistan and bring peace to the sub-continent.
"I am in constant touch with Pakistani Sufi artistes and eagerly looking forward to go to their country in the near future. I believe it's the artistes who can bridge the divide and bring much needed peace to the sub-continent," he said.
Ali says that his soul lies in Sufism and Amir Khusrau, the great poet and saint of the 14th century.
"He (Khusrau) was a harbinger of sublime peace and India needs another Khusrau to heal the wounds of the world.
"His multi-cultural and pluralistic identity is a unique gift to human civilisation. His poetry has its own charm and this has an out-of-the-world effect on people," says Ali, who was driven to this field after a Sufi asked him to follow his heart more than a decade ago in London.
Currently, Ali is translating some of Khusrau's works into English.
"Since his Parsi works were a great source of learning, I have been trying to translate them to English. Very soon I am going to release a music album on Sufi music in English."
Titled "Kaz-Kula", the album will have a number of famous Sufi numbers.
Ali, essentially a painter and filmmaker deeply inspired by Sufism, has developed a discerning eye and vision for aesthetics and humanity. His creative pursuits - film, music, fashion and painting - have given Ali what he calls "a vision of life and society".
A dreamer of love, peace and oneness, he says: "Humility in art can become a vehicle for holistic emancipation of mankind and here Khusrau's compositions would be of great help."
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