Sufi music weekend at the Qutb

Tonight you’re in the mood for love. Not movies. Not malls. Just music, that speaks to you, and your’s.

Join Dilli’s beautiful people at Quli Shah’s tomb in the shadow of the majestic Qutb Minar. The Jahaan-e-Khusrau music festival, whose theme this year is ‘the voice of the woman’, opens tonight with songs by Abida Parveen, the flamboyant artiste who makes the trek every year from Paksitan.

Ladies with voices dipped in honey will headline the three days. Bollywood sufi singer (yes, there is such a thing) Rekha Bharadwaj, classical vocalist Meeta Pandit, and folk-classical singer Malini Awasthi will be there. As will Iranian-born vocalist Sussan Deyhim and Somerville-native dancer Wendy Jehlen.

The fest, in its seventh year, has become bigger and better. Expect to see the man-behind-the festival Muzaffar Ali, in his striking Kotwara kurtas, flanked by wife Meera. Also a parade of Page 3 regulars. And, yes, Priyanka.

Line up for passes before they run out. And let the soul-stirring sufi ‘kalaams’ wash over you.

March 30 through April 1, 2007 at Quli Khan’s Tomb (below the Qutub Minar), Mehrauli Archeological Park.
Day 1 Friday, 30th March, 2007: Wendy Jehlen, Meeta Pandit, Nizami brothers, Abida Parveen
Day 2, Saturday, 31st March, 2007: Religions of Love, Sanskriti School, Javed Jaafri, rekha Bhardwaj, Adil Hussaini & Group, Sussan Deyhim along with her Iranian and Indian musicians
Day 3, Sunday, 1st April, 2007: Chiara Nath & Sunit Tandon, Malini Awasthi, Shaukat Ali, Abida Parveen
Tickets for Rs. 800, Rs. 600, and Rs. 300 are available at the following locations:
Kotwara Studios, 12 Khan Market
Kotwara, Crescent at the Qutub, Lado Sarai
L’affaire, M-Block Market, G.K. - 1
D-3, Connaught Place
12 Khan Market
E-3, South Extension 2
Dilli Haat, Opposite INA Market
Community Centre, Saket
DLF City Centre, Mehrauli Gurgaon Road
Centerstage Mall, Sector-18, Noida
Planet M