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17-08-2004

Remembering the Great Ustad

via www.apunkachoice.com

Seven years ago on this day, the music world lost a great exponent of qawwali – the unparalleled Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan .

On 16th of August 1997, Nusrat passed away at the age of 49, much to the shock of his fans in Pakistan and India. This was about the time when Ustad’s popularity was rapidly increasing in India. Today when Ustad Nusrat lives on through the great music he created, let us take a look at the live of this master…