Topic: India
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The best music of 2025
From new releases to rediscovered treasures, the past year has been filled with innovative, exciting and emotive work by artists of Muslim heritage and beyond
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The best reads of 2025
Short stories, family histories and a supernatural satire on millennial renting all feature on this year’s list
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‘He lives on each time someone strikes the drum’: the legacy of tabla player Zakir Hussain
One year on from his death, the tabla master’s collaborators and family members remember the enduring power of his artistry
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Muslim war memorial: government delay forces trust to find £1m elsewhere
Long-awaited project could help counter far-right myths about Muslims not being part of Britain’s history, argue supporters
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‘Weaving as a way to think about the world’: the new generation of textile artists inspired by tradition
Raisa Kabir’s new exhibition — titled Tiger, Tiger. Silk Throat… — comes at a pivotal moment for textile art, as weavers bring historical techniques to gallery spaces
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Darbar Festival celebrates 20 years bringing Indian classical music to the UK
This year’s event at London’s Barbican Centre highlights the healing elements of the ancient tradition alongside shows from pioneering artists
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Cardamom: all hail the queen of spices
Buns and biryani wouldn’t be the same without this aromatic ingredient
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Meet the Gen Zs retelling the history of Partition
Hobbyist historians are using TikTok to explore the events of 1947 and beyond
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Sholay at 50
Ramesh Sippy’s seminal masala western is one of the most popular films of all time. Here, its writer and some of the movie’s biggest fans discuss its appeal
