Mr. Darmesteter heard his Afghan chaukidar Old Piro, of the Khalil tribe, muttering in a broken voice fragments of a song that sounded like a lovesong. He asked him to repeat the song to him. This he modestly declined to do for a longtime, but at last he gave way, and began . . . Read More

It's difficult to be a rock star in the land the epitomises conservatism, yet something shocking is happening. There is a rock scene waiting to burst out of the NWFP. Rahim Shah was just the beginning, Sajid and Zeeshan were proof that originality can spring out of unlikely places and there are others who are making their riffs and ragas heard... slowly, but surely. . . . Read More