We are living through a time when religious extremism, terrorism, narrow-minded thinking and generally a focus on negative feelings and emotions are fanned out. In this environment, there are still a few people who are applying a balm of tolerance, kindness and compassion on the burnt skin of sensibilities. These are the Sufis. One of them is Tahir Hussain Faridi.

Canadian-born Qawwali singer Tahir left his home at the age of 16 to live the life of a yogi, a practitioner of meditation in India. After travelling across the sub-continent for years, Tahir found himself immersed into Indian classical and Qawwali, a form of devotional music with its roots in the Sufi traditions..