Author Archive: Infoeditor
Eat Your Cake; Count Earth Holes Too
As regards eating, there is a proverb in Kerala: Eat your cake, don’t count the earth holes. It means that one need not ponder over the history or other exterior information of what one is eating, but to eat and eat. A gourmet’s advice for self-indulgence? No there is something beyond that. There are some […]
Sing; you have to sink the world
“Who are we? Lovers and poets, Pearl divers and seekers Black sheeps of the immaculate white spiral We are the magicians of earth Transforming the universe As we transform ourselves Our inner revolution Will lead to the universal liberation We smoke the peace pipe But we rage from the inside This is our scream of […]
Why The Mozart Of Madras Does Not Fit Into The Savarna, Elitist Polemics
In article written as review of AR Rahman’s theme of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Sadanand Menon unleashed an avalanche of criticism against the music maestro. A year earlier he had compared the Mozart of Madars with Ilayaraja, saying how greater musician the latter is than the former. Sadanand wrote: ‘While the similarities between the two […]
Music and Muslim Classicists
As regards music, or any cultural products including movies, the stand of Islam is ambiguous. A certain section of scholars argue that music is out of sync with the Islamic value system. Yet, many great traditions of music have grown in the landscape of Islam. I would like to be enlightened on the position of […]
Bank Interest Contested
Interest is a category Islam strongly denies. But, is bank interest as objectionable, either? I doubt. Because the money-lending practice of banks is not so unbridled and unregulated as the money-lenders in primitive societies including the Pre-Islamic Arabia. I think Muslims can accept bank loan and vehicle loan, since bank is a system of money […]
Indescribable Magic of Mehdi Hassan
“Ab ke hum bichde to shayad kabhi khabon me mile…” (As we part now, let’s hope to meet in dreams…) Mehdi Hassan keeps singing and his magical voice, with ihsaas and jazbaat, enchanting you timelessly. Great voices are like great memories. They do not recede into past; they keep alive and keep you alive. When […]
Towards the Sacred Music
Maher Zain believes in bringing in Islamic thoughts and teachings in to the music by not missing the fragrance and flavour of the mainstream music. Maher Zain had the passion for music within him since his child hood and the inspiration was indeed his father who himself was a singer, but got involved into it […]
Marcel Khalife: Oud, Darvish and Revolt
Mahmoud Darwish was an inspiration for many, especially among peace workers and human rights activists all over the world. Through his simple but highly powerful poems, the Palestinian writer attracted millions of people and persuaded them to line up against the Israel occupation. Many revolutionary movements, especially the musical groups used Dervish’s verses and words […]
Blogging Lives in Madrassa
I joined the madarssa in 1997 and finished my studies in 2007. For the reason that my Alma mater is not characteristically different from all other institutions of the same ilk, I would not like to mention any name, thereby proving that I am not pursuing any personal vendetta. Three days after I started learning […]
Lamb Couscous; or Africa meets Arabia
In lamb couscous, Arabia and Africa meet. Lamb is one of the integral items in a standard Arabian dish. The importance of mutton as a specially prepared dish can be established from various sayings of Prophet Muhammad especially the one that he himself preferred the thigh of lamb among his delicacies. Couscous is a staple […]
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