{"id":18931,"date":"2023-12-22T17:54:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sofodynamix.com\/demo\/?page_id=18931"},"modified":"2023-12-22T18:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:06:32","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.sofodynamix.com\/demo\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”About us” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%234e7a2b” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”About the Khusrau Project” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Khusrau Project is an initiative to spread appreciation and understanding of poetry from the Indo-Persian and Sufi traditions by producing high-quality translations, explanations, and original works. We focus on spiritual, philosophical, and romantic poems, especially those that have been sung. This encompasses ghazals, nazms, qawwalis, and more in languages like Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Farsi (Persian), and Arabic.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]About Ameer Khusrau<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Khusrau Project is named in honor of Ameer Khusrau \u2013 the legendary father of qawwali, Hindustani classical music, and Urdu literature.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”18934″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cAt Nizamuddin\u2019s door, Khusrau sings the qaul qalbana\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_custom_heading text=”Ameer Khusrau Bio:” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Ameer Khusrau (c. 1253-1325 CE) lived in northern India in a unique cultural milieu that was imbued with Indic, Persianate, and Turkic influences. He was a polymath \u2013 a historian, Sufi mystic, poet, musician, and statesman at the court of the Delhi Sultanate. As part of the Chishti\u00a0tariqa\u00a0<\/em>(Sufi order), Khusrau was a disciple of the renowned saint Nizamuddin Auliya. According to legend, Khusrau invented the tabla and sitar, as well as the types of musical composition called\u00a0tarana\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0khayal<\/em>. Also known as \u201cTuti-e-Hind\u201d (\u201cThe Parrot of India\u201d), Khusrau produced a wide array of literary works, including poems, riddles, allegories, romances, and histories in both Persian and Hindavi (Hindi-Urdu). Only his Persian works are authenticated through preserved manuscripts, while his Hindavi works were transmitted orally and are unverified. Regardless, Khusrau is recognized as a pivotal figure in the formation of Hindustani culture, i.e. that of northern India and Pakistan. In particular, the Hindavi works attributed to him often deal with domestic and everyday themes, and they have had a universal appeal across class and religion.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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