From Pushto to Chinese: Hadiqa Kiani’s Janan Gets a New Life
Big Hit of Hadiqa Kiani’s Song Janan Brief History About the Song “Janan†Somewhere in February 2010, Hadiqa communicated with an anonymous Pashto singer named Irfan Khan for coming up with a spicy remix of the song “Janan†sung by him. Surprisingly, the song turned out to be the biggest hit of Kiani and many […]
The Citizens Archive of Pakistan Podcast #119 – Roshan Ara Bokhari
A renowned dance choreographer and an accomplished dancer, Roshan Ara Bokhari was born in Aligarh in 1934. In her conversation with the Lahore OHP team, Ms. Bokhari speaks of her love for Lahore, recalling her childhood home. She then speaks of going to Lawrence Gardens and her love for the cinema, which she frequented a […]
The 12th Annual Mystic Music Sufi Festival: The Mysticism of Sufis in the World of Today
Sufi poetry has been the voice of the free spirited individual in every epoch. It is through the song and dance, and the infinite wisdom it holds of the great mystics of our land that we have been able to transcend the shallow visions of our own prejudiced society, and of all those who look […]