haroof a baithak revival series curated initiated and helmed by alleyah asghar aims to propel and promote hindustani gayaki forms amongst audiences a performing arts and music platform that is either known for its maestros and stalwarts like ustad zakir hussain or vocalists like kaushik chakrobarty and ashwini bhide while all the known names deserve every ounce of respect and felicitation from us as an audience haroof wants to bring the younger crop of musicians from the same form of gayaki tradition into the public domain on february 16 kavita seth will perform in mumbai as a part of the haroof revival of the baithak seriesmystic sufi poets like khusrau kabir and syed zia alvi wrote soul stirring verses to speak about their quest for the divine the soul of these words find the power of kavitas vocals when she brings alive some rare and popular writings of these mystics to lifesufi kalaam for kavita is not just about being able to render compositions in her voice but to invoke the same fervour and love for the divine popular poetry like chaap tilak to sab jag maya are two examples of thought that will be given their due at haroof a renowned sufi vocalist kavita is best known for her rendition of popular hindi cinema songs like iktara and murabba from wake up sid and bombay talkies respectively a post graduate in music sangeet alankar from gandharva mahavidyalaya and an ma in hindi literature from university of delhi she has travelled the world with her repertoire of sufi kalaam ghazals and folk music