Playback singer—but not quite the Bollywood kind you remember—Runaa Rizvii Shivamani grew up in a home where riyaaz, not routine, defined daily life. The daughter of ghazal maestro Ustad Rajkumar ...

Daughter for late ghazal veteran Rajkumar Rizvi, Shivamani goes on to recall an incident while recording the song. “While rehearsing at the studio before the final take, I was learning the antra of ...

Across centuries and faiths, the words of Sufi saints and the mystical poets have travelled through music, poetry, and oral storytelling — and now they form the centrepiece of an evening that blends ...