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Thoughts of a Bibliophile

Kabir Altaf

Music, Theater, Literature, South Asia, Middle East

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    Pakistani-American. Musician trained in Hindustani (North Indian) classical music. M.Mus Ethnomusicology, SOAS University of London. My dissertation was on the decline of Hindustani music in Pakistan.

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