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“There are no residential colonies for Mewat singers. Mewat’s ‘Muslim Jogis’ who sing ballads from Ramayana and Mahabharata are staring at an uncertain future.Yusuf Khan, 23, a civil engineer, rues that unlike the folk singers from western Rajasthan, artists of Mewat have not got support from the government. So the younger generation is reluctant to take up the art,” Khan said.Khan’s family is one of the Bhapang — local folk instruments — players of Mewat. But things have changed over the years that my father decided to name my son Anand and my nephew Aman as Muslim names evoke suspicion.” His father and grandfather carved a niche for themselves and performed across the globe.“I remember singing for Muslim families on several occasions in the past..