Indian Express - The ongoing ten-day cultural festival, Jashn-e-Khusrau, comes with an added objective this year — to bring the lesser-known monuments of the Capital to the fore as performance venues.
Against the backdrop of the Chaunsath Khamba, the qawwali performances that are the highlight of the event have successfully brought this 17th-Century Mughal-era monument out of obscurity.
The monument plays host to the qawwali performances based on the Persian and Hindavi compositions of the celebrated 14th-Century musician and poet Amir Khusrau.
The choice of venue seems more suitable given the fact the Khusrau’s mazaar is next to that of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, in the neighbouring Nizamuddin Basti.
“The physical restoration and landscaping of monuments such as the Chaunsath Khamba is linked with their use as cultural spaces. (Here) the shared legacy of Amir Khusrau’s music can be performed by musicians from India, Pakistan and beyond,” said Tara Sharma, programme officer (culture) of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), organisers of the festival in association with the India International Centre.
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