Though we couldn’t collaborate due to his prior commitments, he gave me the confidence to try it on my own,” says Radhika Sood. That boost was what she needed since Radhika was a fortuitous Sufi singer. However, only a few truly understand Sufi poetry. Bulleh Shah was a Muslim who chose a farmer as his guru, while Shah Hussain romanced a young Hindu boy called Madholal, who later became his disciple. Even today Shah Hussain is known as Madholal Hussain, in the Western part of Punjab, now in Pakistan.

Source: The Hindu June 16, 2023 16:19 UTC