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Ganga

After a penance of one thousand years, Bhagirath, the great-great-grandson of King Sagar, coaxed a goddess to leap down from the heavens to earth. Her name was Ganga, an indomitable river. Fearing destruction, as her force was infinite, Lord Shiva entrapped the goddess in his tangled tresses.

Until, Bhagirath begged the Lord to make her free.

From the Gangotri glacier to the Bay of Bengal- 2500 kilometers- the goddess flowed, giving birth to the old cities of India: Varanasi, Mathura, Prayagraj, Kannauj, Agra; often devouring her children in rain. Until near Giria- a nondescript Bengal village- she became two.

Two new rivers were born, two new names, following two separate paths. One travelled to the south. The other travelled east, and then to the south again, to meet the same sea, the Bay of Bengal, at a distance of 300 kilometers from each other. In two separate countries: India and Bangladesh.

The river that travelled to Bangladesh is called the Padma. The river that stayed in India is called the Hooghly.

Calcutta- the capital of West Bengal, an eastern state of India- is by the river Hooghly. Where Job Charnock, a British East India Company agent, established a factory in 1687. The factory – in time – became a trade base, then a garrison, a fort, a city, became the capital of India. Until 1931, when India’s capital was shifted to Delhi, Calcutta fell back to be the capital of the province of Bengal.

The province of Bengal was separated into two in 1947, after India’s independence. The eastern part became East Pakistan, after a new country named Pakistan was formed partitioning Bengal and Punjab. The western part remained with the old country as one of its 14 states and was named West Bengal, indicating an eastern part that was missing. In 1971, East Pakistan, after an armed struggle and with India’s military assistance, became an independent country. It was named Bangladesh.

West Bengal, the neighbouring state- speaking the same language and worshipping the same literary heroes- has continued to be an Indian state.

I studied in West Bengal. At the higher secondary in Howrah – the twin city of Calcutta – in a residential college founded by the Ramakrishna Mission. The river Hooghly separating the two cities: Howrah and Calcutta. The two famous bridges: the Howrah Bridge and the Bally Bridge (the Howrah Bridge a motorway, and the Bally Bridge is both a motorway and railway) were the connectors of the two cities.

My college was on Hooghly’s right bank, beside the Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.

Where my maternal uncle – a Dr. Das – a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology would come to visit. A researcher at the Indian Statistical Institute; it was for him only a bus journey from his laboratory to my college. The Indian Statistical Institute was on the other side of the river, at Baranagar, in Calcutta.

He would travel by a ramshackle bus- a vibrating iron and aluminum cage with a floor of wood- to cross the Bally Bridge sitting on a thinly padded chair, beside a pull up and down window. The bus would pick him up at the Dunlop stop on Sundays and drop him at the Belur Math minibus station. From where, a stroll of a kilometer would bring him to the college gate. After getting the gatekeeper’s permission, he would walk a few hundred meters more to meet me at the hostel.

We would spend the afternoon, on those days, looking at the river from the right bank. Our legs dangling a foot above water.

We would speak in a soft voice so as not to wake up the meditating monks in the nearby temples, so as not to startle the scavenging crows on the grass, till the evening prayer bell in my college rang. I would inform him of my academic progress, as the uncle was the most educated person in the family.

The conversation would veer towards calculus, the concept of limit; what it means to near an integer but never to reach it. Piskunov’s Soviet calculus book. How mathematical research could be a career in America. Watching at the same time the muddy mass, the temporary islands created by the rotten straws, plastic and an occasional porpoise.

Until the uncle, whose professional life I wished to emulate, would quiz me on the Bernoulli’s principle, would tell me that the Bengal ground water was turning saline, becoming arsenic prone. The shallow pumps of rural Bengal were sucking the potable groundwater dry.

There would be sadness in his voice; his eyes would be stiff with defeat when he would inform me that the Hooghly was to be dredged again so that the ships could enter the port. With the dredging department so inept and the water bureaucrats so oblivious, he bore no hope. His fear was that Calcutta would share the fate of Tamluk; a town 85 kilometers down south, where there had been a busy port in 375 AD, now dry.

Then one Saturday – when he was travelling to a scientific conference, when I knew that he would not come to visit me the next day – I put in a request to our warden, a saffron monk, to give us permission to bathe in the river. The monk was hesitant.

Even though it is a pious act to bathe in the Hooghly as it is a part of goddess Ganga. On the other hand, he was responsible for our well-being. There was a rumour that some students had stolen a bottle of alcohol from the chemistry laboratory and drank it, mixing it with tap water. They were alive, but their erratic behaviours were heard for two nights. It was in his reputation not to indulge us even more. ‘I would allow you’ – he said – ‘but only if you know swimming.’ Six of my classmates and I cried in unison, boasting about our rural upbringing, claiming to have swum in even more treacherous waters.

‘I have swum in the Kansai’, I said, ‘from this side to that side’, pointing at an imaginary place that was beyond the hostel wall, beyond the cigarette shops on the road. The warden tried to follow my direction and failed. The truth is, in Kansai, I swam in two feet of water, holding a river boulder for my dear life, under my mother’s watchful supervision.

He hesitantly granted permission.

The next day, after the morning study hour, we marched bare-chested. In a pair of cotton shorts and blue-white chappals; a green cotton towel wrapped around our heads. Towards the gate of Belur Math without supervision. In another invasion to adulthood, we lied to the guard that ours was a prayer visit. This unusual attire was a social service uniform.

Once inside, quickly we ran to the one of the bathing ghats of the Math. Before anyone caught us, we were at the water.

A scorching summer sun was shining overhead, small beads of sweat on our chests; an unexpected coldness gripped my ankles when I was in the water. Looking at the river a fear came. The possibility of drowning had become apparent. An encounter with a demonic force that rose from the river’s belly, it’s more-than-a-kilometer breadth, its gushing waves. Then a thrill came over me to subside all my fears – a sudden hubris – making me feel for a moment invincible.

When Bhagirath was the king of Ajodhya, his kingdom came under the scepter of severe famine. Bad years haunt every ruler. Bhagirath’s misfortune was chronic. Upon the ministers’ advice, on a pilgrimage, the young king came to know of a curse that had befallen upon him unknowingly. His great grand uncles- sixty thousand warrior princes- had been burned alive at a distant land, in a military campaign.

Their souls were still trapped in this mortal world.

The military campaign itself had been an extraordinary ritual. A king seeking domination over neighbouring kingdoms would set a horse free so it could roam the world. The king’s army would follow the horse. Wherever it went, the lord of the visited land would either pay a tribute or wage a war against the king. The ritual would last a year, when after conquering a large swath of land the army would return to the capital, along with the tired horse. The horse would be sacrificed to the fire-god- a reward to its aimless wandering. Its burnt meat would be devoured by the king.

After showing such domination, a king would be hailed as a Chakravarti or king of the kings.

Sagar, the great-great-grandfather of Bhagirath, was one such ambitious king. By the might of his sixty thousand warrior sons, he wished to lay claim to the earth. He set free a sacrificial horse. Which was soon lost. The pursuing sons, eager to find the horse, marched and marched till they reach the circumference of India, to the abode of a sage named Kapil Muni, a Samkhya philosopher, believed to be a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu.

Kapil Muni’s abode was an unknown place – far away from the capital Ajodhya – in an island in the Bay of Bengal. Where the landmass of India sinks into the sea and the sea takes over. Now named after the king, Sagar Island, it is the largest island of the Sundarban delta. The Sundarban delta being the largest river delta region in the world.

It was the king of the heavens, Lord Indra’s mischief- having grown weary of King Sagar’s ambition- as a king accrues virtue with every military campaign and sufficient virtue accrues him a right to rule the heavens in his afterlife. To dent Sagar’s ledger of virtue, Lord Indra took it upon himself to steal the horse, tie it to a tree near the hut of Kapil Muni, counting on the Muni’s furious temper.

The Muni was amid a terrible penance. Hearing the commotion, he opened his eyes. To find himself surrounded by sixty thousand warmongering princes, who without knowing him or his penance, had cast insults.

He looked at them in a fury. A column of fire, emerging from his eyes, caught the princes, engulfing and burning their royal bodies into cinders. The ashes of their bones were laid on the ground, without a proper ritual bestowed to the dead. Their souls, reaching neither heaven nor hell, were trapped in the mortal world. Such an obstructed journey to the afterlife bringing misery to the descendant, Bhagirath, the present king.

My relatives who went to Sagar Island on a pilgrimage – where the second largest religious fair of India is held every year – brought back several picture postcards as a gift from the fair.

The four-colour offset printing was not affordable then. Block printing and letterpress were the norms. A drawing in a single colour beside black was rare, made by mixing pigments and then dousing a wooden block with the mix and stamping it on a piece of paper: making every picture full of dots and grains.

In one of those grainy postcards, Kapil Muni was depicted.

At the center of the postcard, he was looking fiercely at King Sagar’s finger wielding sons- fire coming out his eyes to grab the unsuspecting young men. To his left, Lord Indra- thief like- tying a horse to a tree. A white temple was laid above: Kapil Muni’s ashram, a temple one can visit if one travels to the island.

At the top right was Bhagirath – the great-great-grandson of King Sagar – a thin, tenacious man, standing on one leg, donning a hair bun, two hands folded above the head, praying to Lord Brahma for one thousand years. Below, there he was, again. Now on two legs. Still thin and still obedient, bent forward with two folded hands in front of Lord Shiva begging him to restrain the goddess and then to free her.

From where the seven foolish boys who had lined up to jump into the water of the Hooghly, in a Sunday misadventure; from the bathing ghat of Belur Math to the muddy mass of cold water; there, on the stone pulpit, the glimpses of the past didn’t visit me as they do now. I was young, restless- lacking the tenacity to join impossible dots. The ability came to me later. With time. After collecting a thousand brickbats. When I taught myself to avoid responsibility. When I taught myself to be oblivious to the opinions of others.

It was I who jumped into the water before the other six boys. It was I who first gulped the water. An unwilling somersault later, that ended abruptly hitting the surface of the river, it was I who was drowned immediately under the river’s monstrous gush. My body was nudged to a half-turn, as the river aligned me to its direction. Before knowing how much trouble I was in, I was floated away from the bathing ghat.

Between the squints, the right bank was passing me by, with the speed of a mail train. The men on the bank were gesticulating. Their voices came to me sporadically, muffled.

It was a dream.

“Ho-ld … on’, someone was shouting, ‘Ho-ld … on.”

I was thinking, “What hold on? That I can’t.’

‘I am now one with the river.”

It is hard to describe what I felt then. I am well now, at home and safe. On my writing desk, there is a half filled coffee cup and a pile of invoices. A warm LED lamp is glowing overhead. Here, there is no shadow of danger looming.

It was as if I had woken up from sleep- suddenly aware of my existence. Someone inside me was screaming. I had to ignore his voice. My mind- after scaling a peak of alertness- was numbing. There was no more deliberation. Any attempt at concentration was failing under the weight of anxiety. A sense of surrender had taken over as it had dawned upon me that a monstrous force had taken hold of my body. It was so uncaring, so neutral that it didn’t matter what would happen to me next.

Uncaring, but … consistent. The thought came to me as hope. A natural force within its everyday parameters is consistent. That is why eight billion people hope to live on, not drop dead under the conspiracy of the gravitational constant. Minutes had passed, my nose was still above water, I was alive. Proof enough that something had favoured me.

I remember, once my uncle had told me, pointing at a whirlwind in the river, “Look, a turbulence. The most complex physical phenomenon in the world. Impossible to model.”

“Not even with the help of a CRAY?” I asked, showing off my knowledge about the American supercomputers.

He said, “Not even with the help of a CRAY”.

Between hope and hopelessness, I did not have the time to ask myself then; so I ask myself now: was I part of turbulence? Perhaps not. Had water and I behaved? As per Archimedes? As per Bernoulli?

From somewhere, a tree log had appeared and was passing me by. No, not a tree log, not a plastic board, nor a litter-mound. A rectangular shaped flotilla – perhaps the skeleton of an idol- without mud – the rotten straw and the bare bones of bamboos- after immersion. It was dancing with the wave and rushing me past. I threw myself at it and grabbed the shape with both of my hands. It was caught. A blotted, slimy cloth bag that drowned immediately under the weight of my body. When it floated up, it came with a pair of shoulders and an unfinished neck. A disheveled head must be somewhere in the water. A stench came to fill my nostrils.

A dead body. I was swimming with a dead body. My hands were grabbing its bloated trunk. My fingers were piercing its flesh.

Now that I had something to hold on, I was floating. I could look around to make up my mind. The river, without resistance, was pulling me even faster. I tilted my head towards the bank and began to kick vigorously. Not to resist the pull of the river, but to give a direction to the both of our bodies, making my legs work as radar.

It was an arduous process. The change of direction happened slowly, inch by inch, after an immense struggle.

There was no bathing ghat to be found nearby to anchor myself, to get myself to the safety of the ground. When courage was depleting; near Ghusuri, a large ferry ghat appeared. The water became shallow and before I knew it, I could stand. Leaving the body aside, I swam towards the bathing steps. The body, after leaving me, got trapped against the bamboo ramp of the ferry. I stumbled and stumbled on the river mud to reach the steps, trembling under the weight of my exhaustion. I noticed that the legs of the body were tied with a blue nylon rope.

Without thinking about it, I rose up; climbing up the steps of the bathing ghat of Ghusuri like revived sons of King Sagar – to the relative safety of the land.

As a child, I would ask my grandmother to tell a story everyday, and she would unearth from her memory stories from the epics and the Puranas. She had told me that even though Ganga was an all-knowing goddess, the geography of India was unknown to her. It was Bhagirath who had shown her the way, while blowing a conch. The goddess followed his conch-signal without a fuss.

Reaching Kapil Muni’s hut, Bhagirath held a shraddha ceremony, sprinkling the ashes with the Ganga water, to let his great uncles be free from the mortal world.

My parents never knew that I was about to die. It took a week’s pleading to the warden, to the principal – I ran like a spindle with folded hands – to coax them to not call father. It was punishment enough that I had had a brush with death. The Board examination was in the offing; after that I was not the Mission’s concern.

In the meantime – I promised them – that I would not repeat my feat.

My parents were better off not knowing. It would have been another irksome, tiresome episode. In their long obsession to improve me- academic achievements and physical well being- in the throes of terrible anger, a few times, they have wished me dead.

The burden of bringing up a stubborn child is much.

My death might have been a respite to them. Or a regret.

One can never tell.

A constant struggle with a pig-headed boy whose fate is entwined with theirs. A boy who dwells in his own realm and nobody else’s- and how his misery has become their own- the never-ending helldom that is parenthood.

How they have been burning since my conception, since their marriage, and burning me with caustic words on desolate days; issuing violent, vulgar prohibitions meaning only to improve their first son.

I too have returned the favour. With bitter words and with cold indifference. Nursing dreams of inflicting sporadic violence.

To call this essay about a river is a sham. The essay is not about me either.

Is it about good luck?

I studied probability during my Bachelor of Science days – although not diligently. Skipping the Kolmogorov’s book, I read the portions of the War and Peace in which Tolstoy wrote long passages on chance.

Unlike him, I am not a believer. Unlike him, I don’t believe Nature is benevolent.

Yet in that cynical disbelief, a mighty river appears. A fierce stream joining the dots of my childhood, my boyhood, my adulthood. The stories that I heard from my grandmother, my uncle— the unforgettable epics, the Puranas — the grand tales of eighteenth century European scientists — Newton and Bernoulli. They mix to make muddy water and it flows.

And I float on it.

I ask myself: From where had the bloated body come? Who had sent it? Who had tied the man’s legs? Was he too the dead man’s first son?

How tenacious was Bhagirath! One thousand years of penance. To serve his subjects. To free his ancestors.

Being a commoner, I do not have his virtues. I am barely afloat. Crumbling under uncertain memories, I can not tell where it is land and where it is water.

(The essay was first published on the Whitewall Review website. Here is the link: https://whitewallreview.com/ganga/ )

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164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. 235 – Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred. 1009 – Lý Công Uẩn is enthroned as emperor of Đại Cồ Việt, founding the Lý dynasty. 1386 – Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive. 1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.) 1676 – The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. 1783 – In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight. 1789 – North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state. 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War. 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. 1894 – Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants. 1902 – The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game. 1905 – Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik. 1910 – Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash). 1916 – Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War. 1918 – The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia. 1918 – The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK. 1918 – A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles. 1920 – Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday". 1922 – Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator. 1927 – Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes. 1942 – The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943). 1944 – World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait. 1945 – The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise. 1950 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea. 1953 – The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax. 1959 – American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal. 1961 – The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States. 1962 – The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War. 1964 – The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span. 1964 – Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes. 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing." 1969 – U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free. 1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI. 1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there. 1971 – Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur. 1972 – Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic. 1974 – The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted. 1977 – Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand". 1979 – The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four. 1980 – A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history. 1985 – United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison. 1986 – National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair. 1992 – A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes. 1995 – The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1996 – Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes. 2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members. 2002 – Arturo Guzmán Decena, founder of Los Zetas and high-member of the Gulf Cartel, was killed in a shoot-out with the Mexican Army and the police. 2004 – The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity. 2004 – Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed. 2004 – The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt. 2006 – Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut. 2009 – A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108. 2012 – At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv. 2013 – Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia. 2013 – Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement. 2014 – A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others. 2015 – The government of Belgium imposed a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks. 2017 – Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office. 2019 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

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Events | Immigrant Artist Program Exhibitions in Newark, New York, and San Antonio

Immigrant artists in the IAP cohort collaborate to create exhibition platforms in cities across the United States.

For the past two years and through the support of the Ford Foundation, The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has provided immigrant artists of all disciplines in Detroit, MI; Newark, NJ; Oakland, CA; and San Antonio, TX with individualized mentorship, resources, networks, skills, and training to help them sustain their artistic practice. The nationwide program builds on NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program in New York, NY (funded by Deutsche Bank since it began in 2007) as an impactful model of replication and is presented in partnership with established local arts organizations.

Through each of the programs, mentors and mentees have been collaborating in formal and informal ways, emphasizing IAP’s role as a catalyst for community. Here we highlight selected collaborations and celebrate the accomplishments of our artist participants. They bring their unique voice and vision to Newark, New York, and San Antonio from countries including Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Ghana, Israel, Pakistan, The Philippines, Poland, Mexico, South Korea, Syria, and many others.

Newark, NJ

Title: Unfolding Dates: Now - Sunday, May 5, 2019 Exhibition Tour with the Artist and Curator: Sunday, May 5, 2:00 PM Gallery Hours: Sundays, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM or by appointment Location: The Jewish Museum of New Jersey, 145 Broadway, Newark, NJ 07104

The Jewish Museum of New Jersey presents a solo exhibit of Nava Gidanian-Kagan’s (IAP Newark ’17, mentee) most recent body of work as well as a retrospective featuring the artist’s earlier works. The exhibit is curated by M.Gosser (IAP Newark ’17 & ’19, mentor).

Gidanian-Kagan’s core subject is the nature of impermanence and its manifestation in our daily life. Coming from an Iranian family who moved from Israel—where life and death are a daily struggle—Gidanian-Kagan knows that life is precious. In her recent body of work, which is painted in layers of wax and oil, she is emulating a memory of the body and its fragility. Abstracted within the figure, Gidanian-Kagan is stretching the limits between what is seen and what can be represented, confronting mortality and vulnerability. The goal of her work is to bring these tender moments to the front of the stage—from her personal view to a universal one—transforming them into a meaningful experience that embraces all shades of life.

Title: INDEX Dates: Saturday, May 4, 2019 - Thursday, May 9, 2019 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM; Sunday, Tuesday - Friday: by appointment Location: Index Art Center, 1st Floor Gallery, 237 Washington St, Newark, NJ 07102

INDEX is a group exhibition of works in all mediums by 29 artists currently participating as both mentors and mentees in NYFA's 2019 Immigrant Artist Mentor Program: Newark. The exhibition is organized by Colleen Gutwein (IAP Newark ’17 & ’19, mentor), and hosted by Index Art Center, one of the program’s partners in Newark.

Exhibiting Artists: Katrina Bello, Mic Boekelmann, Diana Candelejo, Shiza Chaudhary, Gisel Endara, Mariejon de Jong-Buijs, Kimmah Dennis, Matthew Gosser, Colleen Gutwein, Sally Helmi, Jin Jung, Ole Lie Vandal, Ananda Lima, Jo-El Lopez, Jen Mazza, Yvette Molina, Paula Neves, Olufunke Ogundimu, Adishetu Oyibo, Francisco Pena, Daniela Puliti, Fayemi Shakur, Ceaphas Stubbs, Anne Trauben, Kanako Tsutsumi, Kati Vilim, Sarah Walko, Malik Whitaker, and Agnieszka Wszolkowska.

New York, NY

Title: Multiversant Dates: Saturday, May 25, 2019 - Saturday, June 15, 2019 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 25, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location: 340 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10065

Multiversant, a group exhibition presented by ChaShaMa, will feature 22 artists from 15 countries and four continents who met through NYFA’s 2018 Immigrant Artist Program: Visual and Multidisciplinary Arts in New York. The works presented include a wide range of media, from painting, installation, performance, video, and others, and navigate the artists’ diverse and complex relationships with place and history. Addressing themes of science, culture, desire, politics, and memory, the exhibition both confronts and celebrates the underlying intersectionalities presented through the work.

Exhibiting Artists: Ololade Adeniyi, Yael Ben-Simon, Julia Brandão, Riaki Enyama, Ana Maria Farina, Floor Grootenhuis, Ziyu He, Sizhu Li, Orr Menirom, Nazanin Noroozi, Robert Edward O’Shea, Masahito Ono, Ernesto Ortiz Leyva, Supermrin, Htet T San, Lyto Triantafyllidou, Beverly Tu, Hanae Utamura, Luisa Valderrama, Chen Wang, Tina Wang, and Sarah Zarina Hakani.

San Antonio, TX

Title: Admitted: USA - NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Round One: San Antonio, TX Dates: Thursday, June 27 - Sunday, September 29, 2019 Opening Reception: Thursday, June 27, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film Night: Thursday, July 11, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Panel Discussion and Catalog Release: Wednesday, August 7, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Location: Centro de Artes, 101 S. Santa Rosa Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78207 This exhibition, organized by Kim Bishop, Luis Valderas, Luis Garza, Richard Armendariz, Guillermina Zabala, and Sarah Fisch, features sculpture, painting, installation, jewelry, photography, spoken word performances, films, and musical performances by mentees and mentors from the first cohort of NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: San Antonio. The focus of the exhibition is to put a human face on immigrant artists and their mentors while showcasing their talents and emphasizing the role and importance of mentorship in San Antonio. Admitted: USA is fully funded by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture. Local partners Blue Star Contemporary, Art Pace, and SAY Sí will also be spotlighted at Centro de Artes through informational installations.

Exhibiting Artists: Lorena Angulo, Richard Armendariz, Jose Balli, Marisela Barrera, Gregg Barrios, Kim Bishop, Hayfer Brea Rodriguez, Francisco Cortes, Sarah Fisch, Anel Flores, Ernesto Ibanez, Julya Jara, Maria Linan, Barbara Minarro, Ashley Mireles, Merle Mory, Anastassia Rabajille, Andrea V Rivas, Jessica Ruiz, Luiz Valderas, Jorge Villarreal, Anne Wallace, Naomi Wanjiku, Guillermina Zabala, and Claudia Elisa Zapata.

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Images: Chen Wang (IAP: Visual & Multidisciplinary ’18), Utopia Process, 2018, single-channel HD video (with sound), part of the upcoming Multiversant exhibition, Photo Courtesy: Chen Wang and Marisela Barrera (IAP: San Antonio ’18), spoken performance, Photo Courtesy: Marisela Barrera

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Hadiqa Kiani

Hadiqa Kiani (Urdu: حدیقہ کیانی ‎) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and philanthropist. She has received numerous local and international awards and also has performed at the most prestigious venues in the world, including Royal Albert Hall and The Kennedy Center.

In 2006, Kiani received the highest Pakistan civilian award, the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, for her contributions to the field of music. In 2010, she was appointed as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill ambassador, making her the first woman in Pakistan to a Goodwill ambassador to the United Nations

In 2016, Kiani was titled as one “Pakistan’s Most Powerful and Influential Women” by the country’s leading news group, Jang Group of Newspapers, as part of their “Power” edition.

Contents

1Early life and career

2Albums

2.11995: Raaz

2.21998: Roshni

2.32002: Rung

2.42007: Rough Cut

2.52009: Aasmaan

2.62017: WAJD

3Playback singing and musical contributions

4Notable performances

5Philanthropy and social causes

6Pakistan Idol

7Recognition

8Personal life

9Discography

10Awards and nominations

11References

12External links

Early life and career

Kiani was born in Rawalpindi as the youngest of 3 siblings, her older brother (Irfan Kiani) and sister (Sasha). Her father died when she was 3 years old. Her mother, poet Khawar Kiani, was the principal of a government girls’ school. Seeing her musical ability, Khawar enlisted Kiani in the Pakistan National Council of the Arts. She received early education in music from her teacher, Madam Nargis Naheed. While studying at Viqar-un-Nisa Noon Girls High School, Kiani represented Pakistan at international children festivals in Turkey, Jordan, Bulgaria, and Greece, winning various medals along the way and performing for thousands around the world. Kiani was also a part of Sohail Rana’s children’s program “Rang Barangi Dunya,” a weekly musical on PTV. As an eighth grader, Kiani moved from her birthplace Rawalpindi to Lahore where she continued her classical training by Ustad Faiz Ahmed Khan and Wajid Ali Nashad. Kiani went on to graduate from Pakistan’s top institutions, earning her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Kinnaird College for Women University and her Masters in Psychology from the historic Government College University (Lahore). In the early 1990s, Kiani came onto TV to host a children’s music program called “Angan Angan Taray”. In the 3 1⁄2-year-long run, she had sung over one thousand songs for children while hosting the show alongside renowned music composer Amjad Bobby and later on with music composer Khalil Ahmed. Owing to the sheer number of songs Kiani sang during this program, she was presented with the title of “A+ artist” on behalf of PTV joining the likes of Noor Jehan, Naheed Akhtar, and Mehnaz. Kiani also appeared as a VJ for a music charts program called Video Junction on NTM. Kiani began to sing songs as a playback singer for movies in the early 90s, most notably was the hit Pakistani movie called Sargam, which was starring and being composed by Adnan Sami Khan. The same year, she received various awards for her playback singing including the prestigious Nigar Awards for Best Female Playback Singer.

Albums

1995: Raaz

In 1995, Kiani received the “NTM Viewer’s choice award” for the Best Female Singer of Pakistan. In the same Award show, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khanwas awarded as the Best Male Singer of Pakistan. The following year, Kiani released her debut album Raaz (Secret) in 1996. The album spawned a string of radio-friendly hits and received positive reviews. Some argue that the reason the album did well was because it was not common for female singers (from educated/non-musical backgrounds) to release albums in Pakistan. Also, she was the first female singer to release a pop album after the former pop singer, Nazia Hassan, gave up her musical career. Kiani’s ability to sing in other dialects was also presented to the country through the hit Kashmiri folk song “Maane Di Mauj. Her increasing popularity was further highlighted in January 1997, when Kiani became the first Asian singer to perform at the British National Lottery Live on BBC One (a program with an estimated viewership 16.6 million at that time). Afterwards she worked on two more shows with Bally Sagoo for BBC and ITV before going on her first U.S. tour in 1997. Her U.S. tour covered 15 states and a few cities in Canada.The same year Kiani performed many other international events in the United Kingdom, Australia, and China. By the summer of 1997, Kiani was representing Pakistan as the only Pakistani singer to perform at “Celebration Hong Kong 97” at Happy Valley Race Course, alongside other International singers like Lisa Stansfield, Wet Wet Wet, Michael Learns to Rock, All 4 One and The Brand New Heavies, an event to celebrate Hong Kong’s freedom from the United Kingdom. Kiani is the first mainstream Pakistani singer to ever perform in Hong Kong. By the end of the year she became the first Asian female singer ever to be signed by Pepsi Cola International. She was the second international female artist in the world to be signed, the first being Gloria Estefan.

1998: Roshni

In 1998, Kiani recorded the official theme song for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. The Pepsi sponsored song was titled Intehai Shauq, written by Kiani’s mother, Khawar Kiani, and composed and produced by the famed Nizar Lalani. The song was filmed by Jami and Imran Baber and proved to be an instant success that captivated the country with what was noted as incredibly motivational imagery and lyrics. Amidst the World Cup recording, Kiani released her second album, titled Roshni. The third single from the album was Dupatta. The video was inspired by the sci-fi film The Matrix. The song is listed in the Twenty Best Pop Songs Ever for Pakistan, where it is positioned at number 15. The success of the song was attributed to its quasi-bhangra rhythm with “fat, funky techno beats” and Kiani’s “dreamy-meets-husky vocals” which made the results “stunning”. In the wake of “Dupatta”‘s, success Kiani became widely accepted as the country’s leading female vocalist. Capitalizing on “Dupatta’s” success, Kiani went on to release two other moderate hits, “Roshni”, and “Woh Kaun Hai”. Her sixth single off the album, “Boohey Barian” went on to become an even bigger hit for her than “Dupatta”. To date, “Boohey Barian” is widely accepted as Kiani’s best single ever and noted as one of the most prominent Pakistani songs of all time. Roshni sold over a million copies in Pakistan alone, certifying it as “Platinum”. The album is listed in “The 20 Best Local Pop Albums Ever” for the country, positioned at No.15. Kiani is just one of two female singers in the entire list. Kiani’s success led to her being signed by Unilever for celebrity endorsement of Lipton in 2001. In 2002, she is signed again by Unilever for SunsilkShampoo after the results of Unilever’s national survey to find the “Most Popular Woman of Pakistan”. Throughout the early 2000s, she performed live concerts in the US, Canada, UK, Middle East, Far East, Australia, Norway, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.

2002: Rung

Kiani released her third album Rung in September 2002. She returned to promote the album in June 2003, almost 10 months after she’d released “Yaad Sajan” with a new single “Ranjhan” and several stage performances and tours around the country. She then released other singles off the album throughout 2003 and 2004. These included “Jogi Bun Kay Aa”, “Mahi” and “Dholan”. In “Jogi Bun Kay Aa” Kiani plays various women’s roles, including a traditional Japanese, an Arab, and a tribal woman. She played a vampire in her video for “Mahi” which was directed by top director Asim Raza. The video showed that it is harmful to judge people of different faiths and castes, and also bad to stereotype. It was the highest budgeted video of the year 2003. During this time, Kiani was in the midst of her first divorce, however Kiani’s album sales continued to pick up through 2003 and 2004. In 2004, she received the Best Female Pop Singer Award by Indus Music, the first 24-hour music channel of Pakistan. Asim Raza won an award for best video for directing her critically acclaimed video Mahi. Shortly after the release of Rung, Kiani was mentioned in “Pakistani Pop’s 10 most Influential Acts Ever”, in which she was ranked ninth. She is also one of just two female singers in the list, the other being Nazia Hassan. A UK-based Magazine declared Kiani the 22nd greatest music maker of South Asia out of a total of fifty artists, also mentioning how she raised the standard of music videos in the country. Several years after the release of Rung, leading Indian Sufi singer “Harshdeep Kaur” covered Kiani’s self composed “Jogi Bun Kay Aa” on a leading Indian television show. The lyrics of the song were originally written by Kiani’s mother and poet Khawar Kiani.

2007: Rough Cut

In 2007, Kiani released her fourth studio album, Rough Cut, a collaboration with Aamir Zaki. With the release of Rough Cut, Kiani became the first mainstream Pakistani artist to release an album completely in English. Prior to the release of the album, Kiani and Zaki teamed up for an Urdu song, written by Zaki, titled “Iss Baar Milo”. The video was directed by Jami (director) and starred Humayun Saeed opposite of Kiani. “Iss Baar Milo”‘s video production and acting performances, notably Kiani’s portrayal of a “schizophrenic” patient in a Pakistani mental hospital received a great response. The video was a major milestone in the Pakistani music industry, winning Kiani and Jami the title of “Best Video” by MTV Pakistan. In April 2007, Kiani released the first official single for the album, titled “Living This Lie”. The same week, Kiani was named “Hotstepper of the week” for The News by Jang Group. The article also stated that ultimately, “as long as Hadiqa is around, there is still hope for women in the patriarchal music world of Pakistan.” “Living This Lie” was nominated and won for “Best English Song” at “The Musik Awards” in 2007. Kiani was also nominated for Best Female Singer in the same award show.

2009: Aasmaan

In June 2009, Kiani switched record labels to Fire Records and released her fifth studio album, titled Aasmaan. In the album, she sang in Urdu, Punjabi, Hindko, Pashto, and Persian. The first single of the album was “Sohnya”. The official video of “Sohnya” premiered a day before Kiani released the album. Following the release, the song+video stayed on the Aag top 10 Charts for over a month resulting in Kiani receiving a Shield from Aag10 for being the Artist of the Month.[39] The album itself stayed Number One on the Vibes Charts of INSTEP Magazine for the entire year. By the end of 2009, Aasmaan was named the Best Album of 2009 according to sales volume, popularity and internet downloads. Every single released from Aasmaan reached number one. “Sohnya” was number one AAG10 Charts for over a month and was titled the best Pop Song of 2009 according to The Nation. “Tuk Tuk” was number one on Prime TV Charts. “Az Chashme Saqi” went number one on PlayTv Charts and by the end of 2009 it was declared the third best music video of 2009.[34][40] In February 2010, Kiani released “Janan”, for which she collaborated with relatively unknown Pashto singer Irfan Khan. The song has become Kiani’s biggest hit till date and some say that it has even topped the popularity of “Boohey Barian”. The song became the first Pakistani pop song to be mentioned by the Los Angeles Times, where the newspaper said that “Janan” was what the whole country was listening to. Kiani’s rendering in the Pashto language was critically acclaimed. Some Pakhtoons even started to call her “Hadiqa Pathani,” Kiani is credited with bringing back a trend in Pakistan of embracing Pashto culture, girls started to wear Pashto style dresses imitating Kiani’s looks on the red carpet and more mainstream singers began singing in the local language. The song’s widespread popularity was credited to the fact that it broke barriers in Pakistani music, Kiani being a Punjabi singing a Pashto song and appealing to not only Pakistani Pashto audiences, but to audiences worldwide. Kiani’s “Janan” has been covered by many international singers, most noticeably by the Chinese singer Hou Wei at the grand South Asia Expo in 2014. The Chinese cover was done as a tribute to Pakistani culture which elevated the Pashto community in Pakistan while, what many say, cementing the song as a national treasure

2017: WAJD

In 2017, Kiani teamed up with her brother to launch the visual album titled “Wajd.” The album consisting of five renderings of folk songs was critically acclaimed and led Kiani to receive her first “Album of the Year” award from the Lux Style Awards 2018. Kiani’s distinct wardrobe during this album’s era were noted by the press and led her to win “Most Stylish Singer” at the Hum Style Awards 2018. Her style led her to be the muse for high street brands such as Generation[48] and Bonanza and coutiers like Ali Xeeshan.

Playback singing and musical contributions

In 1995, Kiani signed a string of Pakistani films as a playback singer, most notably the Adnan Sami Khan film Sargam (1995). Sargam went on to win various awards for Kiani, including that of “Best Female Playback Singer” at the prestigious Nigar Awards. Since Sargam however, Kiani has been mostly absent from playback singing in Pakistan. The exception came in 2011 when she became one of the primary playback singers for Shoaib Mansoor’s film Bol (film). The film featured four of Kiani’s songs, two of which were collaborations with Atif Aslam. The soundtrack of the film saw positive reviews and received four Lux Style Awards nominations for Kiani and Aslam. In 2006, Kiani was featured on UK based producer Khiza’s album “Loyal To The Game”‘s lead single, “Mehr Ma”. The song was an instant success in Pakistan, and was seen as a great return to pop music for Kiani after her ballads in Rung. In the video, Kiani was seen with different hairstyles and outfits. The reviews for the song were favorable, one source said that “Mehr Ma”, which starts off the album, is easily the best track on it. With Kiani showcasing her top-notch vocals and the music, which remains hip-hopish yet very desi, thanks to the usage of sitar, tabla makes it an excellent number.” Kiani also performed the song at the 2006 Lux Style Awards. Over the years, Kiani has provided vocals for a select list of TV Dramas such as the critically acclaimed 2011 Drama Zindagi Gulzar Hai’s title track with Ali Zafar and the 2006 “Aas Pass” with Atif Aslam. In May 2012, Kiani appeared on the 5th season of Rohail Hyatt’s Coke Studio. Performing renditions of Bulleh Shah and Amir Khusro to positive reviews. In 2016, Kiani lent her voice to the character of Meeran, portrayed by Urwa Hocane, on the HUM TV drama “Udaari.” The title track of the drama was sung by Kiani, featuring Farhan Saeed and production by Sahir Ali Bagga. The title track topped the music charts while the drama was critically acclaimed and an instant hit for viewers. The drama was a first for Pakistani television, In 2018, Kiani joined the cast of 3 Bahadur: Rise of the Warriors for the title song . The animated film was produced and directed by Pakistan’s first Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Notable performances

Apart from studio recordings, in 2005 Kiani was appointed by the government of Pakistan as an official representative of the country. On 11 August 2005, Kiani performed in Nagoya for the Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Junichirō Koizumi . Kiani then performed in Toronto on 14 Aug 2005 by request of The Pakistani Consulate. She performed in Houston on 13 August 2005. The show was at Sam Houston Race Park, and it was attended by over 15000 people. Chief guest of the show was Sheila Jackson Lee who is a member of the US House of Representatives. In the same month, she performed at the Mets Shea Stadium New York on 18 August 2005. She closed the month of August with a performance at the Pakistan Parade in New York on 28 August 2005. On 2 October 2005, Kiani performed in Malaysia at the newly built Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpurdowntown. The Honorary Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr.Shaukat Aziz was the chief guest of the show. The show was part of Expo 2005 in Malaysia. Important business and political personalities from both countries attended the show. Kiani sang a song in Malay to show respect to the Malaysian people. Kiani represented Pakistan on the 25th Anniversary of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) in Turkey. Islamic Countries such as Azerbaijan, U.A.E, Iran, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Turkey, Pakistan and Yemen took part in the celebrations. The event was organised by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. She performed at the AKM Opera House on 23 November 2005. Among the audience were musicians from various countries. The biggest surprise for the audience was said to be when Kiani sang “Sanalama” (Turkish song of Living Legend “Sezen Aksu”). She told the audience that as Turkey stood beside Pakistan in good and bad times, she wanted to convey the love of Pakistani people for the Turks. She also told the audience that she visited Turkey as a child star in 80s and represented Pakistan in the International Children’s Festival in Turkey so she had beautiful childhood memories associated with Turkey. The audience gave her a standing ovation at the end of her performance, The Mayor of Istanbul appreciated her and presented a bouquet of flowers to her. After her performance she received invitations to participate in the upcoming Art festivals in various countries such as Iran, Syria, Qatar and Lebanon. During her stay in Istanbul she officially visited various historical sites in Turkey and conveyed the love of Pakistan for Turkey. Her performance in Istanbul made headlines in various Turkish Newspapers. Kiani performed in China for the Chinese Premier on 21 Feb 2006. The following month, she performed for President George W. Bush on 4 March 2006. Commenting on her performance, Bush said “Ms. Hadiqa Kiani is extremely talented and should sing here (United States) more.” She then performed for the Crown Prince of Brunei Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah on 29 May 2006. Kiani performed as per the request of former First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush on 21 September 2006 at The Kennedy Center, in Washington, D.C. She closed the year by performing for Prince Charles of the United Kingdom and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on 30 October 2006, and again in China for the Chinese president on 23 November 2006. On 19 May 2007, Kiani performed at Dead Sea in Jordan for 28 Heads of States at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa. Her performance took place on the second day of the three-day event while American singer Lionel Richie performed the first day. Among Kiani’s setlist for the night was the Arabic song titled “Ah W Nos” by Nancy Ajram which Kiani covered and then sang again the following year in Pakistan. In August 2007, Kiani was one of the headliners for the London Day Parade at Trafalgar Square, London which was broadcast by Geo TV to celebrate 60 years of Independence for Pakistan.] Kiani was the only singer who sang completely live that day. She was also part of closing the show with the popular patriotic song “Jeevay Pakistan” alongside Ali Zafar. Kiani has continued performing throughout Pakistan for various companies, including Pepsi and Samsung. Most notably, in 2016 Kiani performed to positive reviews at the Inter Provincial Games in Pakistan, initiated by President Mamnoon Hussain as a sporting event to support the male and female athletes of Pakistan. At the end of 2016, upon the Turkish President Erdoğan’s arrival to Pakistan, Kiani was invited to perform at the historic Lahore fort, performing along with folk legend Arif Lohar to welcome the world leader. Kiani’s performance was noted as “enthralling” and “melodious.”

Kiani performing live at Mohatta Palace in 2016

Philanthropy and social causes

In March 2007, Kiani was one of the many artists featured in a widely popular track called “Yeh Hum Naheen”. In this song, various Pakistani artists joined to send out a message that the stereotype of Pakistanis is not correct and that they oppose Terrorism. The song also conveys an anti-terrorism sentiment in the music video and supported the anti-terrorism campaign, Yeh Hum Naheen, which Kiani is heavily involved with. Other artists in the song include Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali and the Strings duo. The song was picked up by international networks such as Fox News and BBC and amassed a significant number of downloads. In August 2010, Kiani and her siblings worked with local Pakistanis along with the Pakistan Army to provide clothing, water, food and shelter to the flood victims of Pakistan following the devastating 2010 Pakistan floods. Kiani also appeared in Geo Tv’s telethon “Pukaar” along with Pop starAli Zafar to appeal for donations. In collaboration with Pakistan Army, Kiani made visits to Multan Relief Camp, Basti Kalraywala, Muzaffarabadand other flood hit areas, personally distributing goods to the affectees. On 8 November 2010, Kiani was appointed United Nations Development Programme Goodwill ambassador after being recognized for her individual philanthropic efforts. Following being appointed, Kiani continued to construct housing facilities in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwafor the flood victims till she completed over 250 houses. Nowshera was one of the worst flood hit areas in the country. In the beginning of 2015, Kiani was chosen on to be one of Pond’s Miracle Mentors as an initiative to highlight and support strong women in the patriarchal Pakistani society alongside nine other renowned and influential women. Later that month Kiani stood up again to voice her views on women in leadership at the Women Leadership Summit 2015 with then wife of former cricketer Imran Khan, Reham Khan and various other women who had achieved success in their respective fields including Muniba Mazari and Nadia Jamil. The summit brought international and local voices together as an act towards shedding light to the issue of gender discrimination in the workplace. Kiani works regularly with the Edhi Foundation and has been involved with many other charitable organizations, including Muslim Hands, SOS Villages and UNICEF. She has also campaigned and been the ambassador for Shaukat Khanum, OXFAM International, and since 2010 the United Nations. In November 2015 it was announced that Kiani would speak at TEDXKinnaird on the role of women in Pakistani society. After taking a stance with the award-winning project, Udaari that highlighted the social issue of sexual abuse against children in the Pakistani community in 2016, Kiani took a stance against the issue again in 2017. Kiani gained attention when criticizing actor Yasir Hussain at the 5th annual Hum TV Awards for joking about child molestation. In a statement on social media, Kiani stated that the comments made by Hussain were “disgusting,” while also taking a stance against the entertainment industry for supporting the actor. In July 2017, Kiani teamed up with Nestlé to introduce socially responsible initiatives in Pakistan regarding early childhood delelopment.

Pakistan Idol

Pakistan Idol is a Pakistani reality singing competition that is part of the Idols franchise created by Simon Fuller and owned by 19 Entertainmentand FremantleMedia.It is the 50th adaptation of the familiar reality competition format introduced in the British series Pop Idol in 2001. It was developed for the Pakistani entertainment market by Geo TV. The show brought together Junoon front man Ali Azmat, comic Bushra Ansari, and Kiani. The first season of the show was heavily controversial but proved to be the most watched entertainment show in Pakistani history.

Recognition

In March 2006, Kiani was presented with the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan, one of the highest civil awards of the country, in acknowledgement of her services in the field of music and for shining an encouraging light on the country for over a decade. The award was announced on 14 August 2005 but the ceremony was performed on 23 March of the next year. In 2015, Kiani was declared as one of “Pakistan’s Most Powerful and Influential Women” of all time by The News International under the Jang Group umbrella. On 15 August 2015, Daily Times (Pakistan) listed Kiani as the 15th part of their 30 name list of celebrated Pakistanis who have brought a great deal of pride for their country, other names on the list titled “Pride of Pakistan” included Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Malala Yousafzai,[and national hero Abdul Sattar Edhi. In April 2015, Kiani headlined the Music Mela and introduced her new Qawwali sound at the 3-day festival arranged by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. The “Pop Queen” of Pakistan debuted herself as a Qawwali artist to positive feedback Upon the end of the Mela, Kiani announced that she would be working on her sixth studio album titled “Wajd”.

Personal life

Kiani resides in Pakistan with her mother, who has been paralyzed since 2006. She has adopted a child as her son in 2005 from the Edhi Foundation after the 2005 earthquake. Later, she married a UK-based Pakistani businessman, Syed Fareed Sarwary. In 2008, she divorced Sarwary.

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Discography

Raaz – 1995

Roshni – 1998

Rung – 2002

Rough Cut – 2007

Aasmaan – 2009

Wajd – 2017

Awards and nominations

YearCategoryNotesResultNigar Awards1995Best Playback SingerSargamWonWaheed Murad Award1995Best New Talent –WonBest Singer (Female) T.V. –WonNTM Awards1995Best Female Singer by Viewers’ ChoiceNusrat Fateh Ali Khan awarded “Best Male Singer” at same show.WonPakistan Music Industry Awards1996Best Female Singer –WonBest Selling Album“Raaz”WonPTV Awards2000Best Female Singer –Won2010 –Honoured for contributions to PTV and to Pakistani musicHonouredIndus Music Awards2004Best Female Singer –Won2005Best Female Singer –WonWomen’s Excellence Awards2005Excellence in Pop & Light Music –WonGovernment of Pakistan2006Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Distinction) –AwardedThe Musik Awards2008Best English Song“Living This Lie” feat. Amir ZakiWonMost Wanted Female –WonAag TV2009Artist of the Month –WonPakistan Style Awards2010Stylish Singer Female –WonMTV Pakistan Awards2009Best Video“Iss Baar Milo” (Awarded to Director, Jami)Won2012Best Music Act –NominatedBest Song of the Year“Dil Janiya” from Shoaib Mansoor’s “Bol”NominatedTV ONE2009Best Female Singer –WonBrit Asia Music Awards2010Best Female Act –NominatedBest International Act –NominatedIndus Style Awards2010Most Innovative Singer –WonMost Stylish Female Pop Singer –WonLux Style Awards2012Song of the Year“Hona Tha Pyar” feat. Atif AslamNominatedBest Original Soundtrack“Bol” SoundtrackWon2013Best Original Soundtrack“Zindagi Gulzar Hai” (Awarded to Ali Zafar)Won2017Best Original SoundtrackUdaari (Hum TV)Nominated2018Album of the Year“WAJD”WonBig Apple Music Awards2014Best Female Singer of Pakistan –Won2015Best Female Singer of Pakistan –WonMost Popular Female Singer (International)First Pakistani singer to ever be nominated in this category.Nominated2016Best Female Singer of PakistanWonPakistan Media Awards2010Best Female Singer –Nominated2014Best Drama Original Soundtrack“Zindagi Gulzar Hai”NominatedHUM Awards2013Best Solo ArtistNominated2014Best Original Soundtrack“Zindagi Gulzar Hai”Won2017Best Original SoundtrackSajna ve Sajna – UdaariNominatedInternational Dynamic Women’s Day Award2015The Dynamic Award –WonDaily Times Pakistan2015Pride of Pakistan –AwardedHum Style Awards2018Most Stylish Performer – Female –WonIDEAS Pakistan2018Icon Singer of the Year –Won

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