New audio series unearths the history of sound in South Asia
KARACHI: A new audio series on South Asian music and Islamic sound arts aims to change the way we think about our artistic heritage. Sounding Board features essay readings by major scholars, musicologists, poets and critics from the 19th and 20th centuries, exploring themes of identity, heritage and imagination. Covering a wide range of intellectual, political and cultural debates, these essays are part of an almost forgotten canon of both Urdu and English writing. Written largely in the ‘Inshiyah’ style, these works present arguments and narratives as springboards, aiming to develop a critical appreciation of issues and concerns in Indo-Islamic
