The singer uses this as a musical backbone to render the original composition into a qawwali, khayal or thumri (styles of singing).
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Khayal was charged with murder and will stand trial in al-Zawiya, where there is strong sentiment against him, Amnesty said.
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Ulhas Kashalkar will present celebrated khayal compositions of Vilayat Hussain Khan (Pranpiya) of Agra Gharana and his pupil Gajananbuwa Joshi on the same evening.