Syed babar ali wife

Ask about her chachu (uncle), the late tabla doyen Ustad Karamatullah Khan, and Hindustani classical singer and Padma Bhushan awardee Begum Parween Sultana says, “Yeh toh suraj ko diya dikhane wali baat hai (it’s like holding a candle to the sun)”.

She remembers his visits to her family in Assam, the way he created a mahaul (ambience) for the little Sultana to get a taste of stage performances. This was in 1962, she was 12.

For the first time, the festival, which has always been held in Kolkata, will travel to four other cities.

Syed maratab ali family tree wikipedia

It will be held in Mumbai this weekend and will travel to New Delhi in June, and Chennai and Bangalore later in the year. It will return to Kolkata on 3 December, Karamatullah’s 37th death anniversary, for the inauguration of an “only tabla” academy.

The show in Mumbai is being organized in collaboration with Kathak dancer Chitresh Das’ institution, Chhandam Nritya Bharati.

Karamatullah, the 32nd genera