SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

When Kashmiri teenager Shabnam Bashir first took up classical Sufi music three years ago, she had to practise singing in secret because all the men in her Muslim family opposed her new passion. Now ...

Generations of artisans in Indian-administered Kashmir have been making musical instruments such as the santoor, a zither-like, hundred-stringed instrument ...

Warner Music India has inked a distribution agreement with Renzu Music, providing the Kashmir-focused independent label with access to one of the country’s leading music distribution networks. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz ...

In a modest workshop filled with the fragrance of seasoned wood, 78-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Zaz continues a craft his family has preserved for eight generations - the making of the Kashmiri santoor.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

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