Shaksaaz, a tailor in the Kashmiri city of Srinagar, inherited his passion for local Sufi music from his grandfather along ...

14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri men listen Sufi songs on a tape recorder during a Sufi gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar ...

He’s part of a small, dedicated community that believes cassette tapes are the best way to listen to and archive the Sufi music of Indian ... cultural roots in this ever modernizing and digital ...

Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz searches for a favorite cassette tape at his tailor shop in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) ...

14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri men listen Sufi songs on a tape recorder during a Sufi gathering in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the Sufi tradition as India's shared ... its scholars better than others and Sanskrit as the world's best language, he said, noting that the ...