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Opinion The story of khayal shows how attempts to remove the imprint of Muslim rule will impoverish Indian culture

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I am not sure the regime will stop here. The imprint of Muslim rule, especially the Mughal empire, abounds in contemporary India, from tangible heritage, such as monuments, to culture, including clothes, food, language and music. The regime has long been attempting to stigmatise and marginalise Urdu.

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Will it eventually make its way to khayal, the more widely practised of the two raga-bound genres with roots in north India, and the one that I have been learning for many years? The other genre is dhrupad, the older of the two. In the musical context, the word khayal, derived from Persian, means “imagination”. Today, the majority of khayal’s practitioners are Hindu, but in previous generations, a mix of Hindu and Muslim singers coexisted, while in its early phase, the genre emerged in a Sufi Islamic context.

The early form of khayal emerged in t

Mr. Khayal Ahmad

PP-110 ( Faisalabad-XIV )

Assembly Tenure: 2018-2023 (17th Assembly)

  • Position(s) Held
  • Minister: Colonies
    Member: Special Committee No. 10

  • Party Affiliation
  • Email
  • pp.110@pap.gov.pk
  • Father's/Husband's Name
  • Mr Muhammad Iqbal

  • Religion
  • Islam

  • Took oath on
  • 15th August 2018

Personal Career & Interests

Mr Khayal Ahmad Kastro son of Mr Muhammad Iqbal was born on November 18, 1971 at Faisalabad and is a graduate. A businessman, who has been elected as Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in General Elections 2018 and has served as Minister for Colonies with additional charge of Culture Department. He has travelled to UK and USA. His brother-in-law, Dr Muhammad Shafique Chaudhry served as Member, National Assembly during 1985-88; as Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab during 1990-93, 1993-96, 2002-07 and functioned as Minister for Excise & Taxation and Literacy & Non-formal Basic Education during 2003-07.

Khyal

Modern genre of classical singing in the Indian subcontinent

Khyal or Khayal (ख़याल / خیال) is a major form of Hindustani classical music in the Indian subcontinent. Its name comes from a Persian/Arabic word meaning "imagination".[1] Khyal is associated with romantic poetry, and allows the performer greater freedom of expression than dhrupad and is sung with the tabla instead of the pakhavaj. In khyal, ragas are extensively ornamented, and the style calls for more technical virtuosity.[2]

Etymology

Khyāl (خیال) is an Urdu word of Arabic origin which means "imagination, thought, ideation, meditation, reflection". Hence khyal connotes the idea of a song that is imaginative and creative in either its nature or execution. The word entered India through the medium of the Persian language. Just as the word reflects ideas of imagination and imaginative composition, the musical form is imaginative in conception, artistic and decorative in execution and romantic in appeal.[3][4][5]

Characteristics

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