Amjad Zafar

  West Bengal especially Kolkata has long held a sacred connection with music. It’s a land that has given rise to some of the subcontinent’s most iconic voices: Kishore Kumar, Kumar Sanu, and Krishna Kumar Kunnath, fondly known as KK. My own roots connect deeply with Kolkata as well. Before the Partition, my grandfather was posted there, and our family likely had a home in that city. Even today, some utensils made in Kolkata rest quietly in our home quiet witnesses to a forgotten chapter of our story. Much like my bond with the city, my relationship with music has always been intimate. Not just as a listener, but as someone who breathes with melodies. The 1990s were a golden age a time when Indian and Pakistani music gave voice to youth, love, and rebellion. From “Dil Dil Pakistan” to A.R. Rahman’s Roja , from Jagjit Singh’s ghazals to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s qawwalis, every note carried life. And then, as we stepped into a new millennium, there came a voice new, yet oddly famili...

  For fans of music in the Indian subcontinent, the 1990s were a memorable decade because of the explosion of creativity and invention that took place in the music industries of Pakistan and India at this time. We might claim that the 1990s was the final decade in which authentic music appeared. A diverse range of musical styles, including pop, rock, ghazals, qawwalis, and everything in between, defined this time period. We'll take a trip down memory lane to explore the alluring world of Indian and Pakistani music from the 1990s and its enduring influence on the cultural landscape in this article. A thriving pop music culture known as "Indi-pop" emerged in Pakistan and India throughout the 1990s. The classical and folk music of India and Pakistan was combined with modern Western beats to create this genre. With their engaging compositions and visually appealing music videos, artists like Nazia Hassan, Junaid Jamshed, Alisha Chinai, Baba Sehgal, and Shaan rose to fame. ...

"Amit Kumar The Unexplored Legend" Music has no boundaries . No matter what language, genre, rhythm, it can always find a way to everyone's heart. I am from Kasur, Pakistan it's a small city near Lahore and called Mini Gwalior is due to its contribution to sub-continent music. Kasur is famous due to its rich history and Sufi saint Bulleh Shah. Patiala Gharana of Kasur has produced some legends like "Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan", "Noor Jehan", Ustad Barkat, Ustad Mubarak, Ustad Kaly Khan, and many more. I was born in 1986 so my affiliation with music is natural because  "Melody is in the air of Kasur". Listening to classical and old music in this era is adopted from my late father. I still used to listen to music from Pakistan and India starting from K.L Sehgal to Arjit Singh & Bade Ghulam Ali Khan to Atif Aslam. My father had nearly 500 of VCR & Audio Cassettes at home, he used to tell me stories regarding music directo...