On a warm Tuesday morning, in a small, packed room, Shabnam Virmani picks up the five-string tambura which she has learnt to play herself. It is a few weeks after the commemoration of Kabir’s death ...

To the urban population, the mention of Kabir probably brings a flashback of learning his ‘dohas’ for an examination in school, only to have felt great relief on it’s completion. For a large cross ...

It is not often that you find the words of a man, who was not a religious leader, survive beyond his time. To thrive and evolve for five centuries must have taken some brilliance from the mystic poet ...

CHENNAI: A dancer, singer, theatre actor and an artist, she is all rolled into one. But there is one common factor that connects all of Bindhumalini Narayanswamy’s interest — Kabir. The dohas ...

Young musicians today are finding new and innovative ways to spread the pluralistic message of the 15th century mystic poet. Young musicians today are finding new and innovative ways to spread the ...

Kabir was a 15th/16th century devotional poet and social critic from northern India. The songs of Kabir are known and passionately performed far and wide in India today. Beloved for his rough rhetoric ...

This weekend, the country’s favourite bard will play muse to a rock band from Delhi at a festival in the city. The band, Makeshift, will play songs based on Kabir’s composition, while members of the ...