സൂഫിസം, ഖവ്വാലി, ഇഷ്ഖ് (SAFI Speech)

As part of BOOKARAVAN, a journey through different campuses introducing their titles, BOOK PLUS publishers organised a session at SAFI Institute of Advanced Study, in collaboration with SAFI Readers Forum. I was asked to give a brief introductory talk on my book ‘SAMA-E-BISMIL: Qawwaliyude Ul Lokangal’ (The Hidden Worlds of Qawwali) and this is an edited portion of my talk.

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Noor, the Missing Refugee Girl: A Play

This is an independent adaptation of AKBAR S AHMED’s highly allegorical play NOOR in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis. This was written and directed for SIAS Drama Club, of SAFI Institute of Advanced Study, for performing at the Calicut University art festivals in Summer 2017. In the original text, a girl is abducted by the invading US army

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Drinking Tea and Sharing Silences at SAFI Canteen

Looking at the rain and fog beyond the river Chaliyar, sipping tea at SAFI canteen is quite an experience, remembers MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. Photographs by HARIKRISHNA Apart from the beautiful people I met and befriended at SAFI Institute of Advanced Study, one of the loveliest memories I cherish about this campus is its canteen. A small, banal structure that overlooks the

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