This is an excerpt from Mir Silsila – The Legacy of the Mirs, published by India Foundation for the Arts. It is one of the outcomes of the Baba Farid Mir Musicians Project. To use their words, it is "a photo essay with breathtaking visuals and compelling text. Written by Rajkumar Rajak in Hindi, with a translation in English by Neha Chaturvedi and Kedar Dunakhe, Mir Silsila documents the yatra or journey of the project, the musical landscapes of the Mir villages in Rajasthan, and the poets and musicians of the Mir community."
You can read the complete essay in Hindi here. To know more about the project, click here.