LITTLE do the inhabitants of this strife-torn, blood-soaked subcontinent realise that it is the repository of one of the richest treasures of mysticism in the world. Islamic mysticism or Sufism commands the devotion of millions across religious and other divides. In recent years, however, it has been abused in the West and here by charlatans for personal gain. Even Kathak has been portrayed as ‘the Sufi dance’.
“Mysticism can be defined as love of the Absolute — for the power that
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