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What has Ektara been doing: Members of Ektara have been involved in various activities of art and cultural promotion in collaboration as well as in their individual capacity. Here are some of our past activities: Film Production Boojh Sakey to Boojh (Guess If You Can): 4 films on poet Amir Khusrau, for Doordarshan (1996). An abridged and subtitled version of this film is titled 'The Heritage of Amir Khusrau'. Basant: a short film on Sufi spring (1997) Jannat ki Rail (The Train to Heaven): A short musical video celebrating India’s popular Islam (2006). Part of 3 short films on India's popular Islam. Khayal Darpan: A feature length documentary film on the classical music in Pakistan (2006) Online/Digital Arts Amir Khusrau website: A web platform featuring the poetry and historical details about the 14th century poet Amir Khusrau here. Tasveer Ghar: A digital archive of south Asian popular visual culture (tasveerghar.net) Events and Exhibits Basant festival around the shrine of Nizamuddin at Delhi in 2002-2004 Amir Khusrau Poetry exhibition at India Social Forum, Aqeedat ke Rang: exhibit of popular Muslim art at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2008 Hindustani Music and Partition: An academic workshop at Jamia Millia Islamia, Aug.2008 Workshop on Appreciating Sufi Music and Qawwali, October 2009 Workshop on Appreciating Sufi Music and Qawwali, December 2009 Books/Publications What kind of India shall we give to our children? A booklet on how to reduce communal prejudice and violence in Indian society. 2002 (Urdu, English and Hindi). Read its online English version. Audio/Music Apni Masti: An audio CD of qawwalis by Delhi qawwal Hamsar Hayat (distributed by Navras, UK) |